About Smallpdf
In 2013, while living abroad, our founders set out to create an online tool that could turn huge PDFs into small, easy-to-send versions in order to send updates to their families. As it turns out, they weren't the only ones with this problem. 10 years later, Smallpdf is one of the most popular PDF tools in the world and among the most visited websites globally. With products available in 24 languages, the site has visitors from every single country in the world, plus Antarctica, and processes millions of documents each day.
In 2022, we took a big step forward by acquiring PDF Tools, a Zurich-based pioneer for products that help to create, manipulate, and validate PDF- and PDF/A- files to support and improve our customers’ document workflows.
As a team of over >100 people from 34 nationalities in our offices in Zurich, Belgrade, and Barcelona, we're proud to have made PDFs and life just a little bit easier for over a billion customers so far across our web, mobile, and desktop applications. And our reputation for Swiss engineering standards has made us a trusted choice for industry leaders like Lufthansa, UBS, Swiss Life, and millions of people around the world.

Your mission:
As our Paralegal you will be reporting to an experienced in-house lawyer dedicated to supporting your personal growth and collaborating with the business teams as well as other departments across Smallpdf and PDF Tools. Together with your supervising lawyer you will work on projects across the business, get valuable insights into the startup environment and gain experience as an in-house lawyer.
Your responsibilities:

• Support our sales teams and take part in contract negotiations, reviews, and drafting in German and in English.
  
• Research relevant topics related to Swiss law or foreign jurisdictions, corporate or commercial laws, technology, AI or any topic and challenge that may arise.
  
• Cross-functional collaboration with several teams across the business in all our markets (100+).
  
• Support the business on a wide range of legal topics.
  
• Support the business in compliance work including data protection and data security.
  

Your profile:

• You are enrolled as a student in the field of (business) law at a Swiss university or have studied law in Switzerland.
  
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Good research skills.
  
• Experience reviewing commercial contracts in English and in German.
  
• You are able to work independently as well as within a team.
  
• Fluent in German and English.
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with corporate transactions processes.
  
• Experience with drafting corporate governance documents such as board minutes, board resolutions.
  
• Experience with/Knowledge of data protection and AI related regulations such as n FADP, GDPR, EU AI Act.
  

We use the latest technologies, including:

• Slack, Jira, Notion
  
• Practical law
  

Why Smallpdf?

• A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals.
  
• Holistic well-being with free yoga and dance classes in the office.
  
• 30 annual vacation days (pro-rated) and flexible working hours.
  
• Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person when possible.
  
• Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office.
  

Our benefits
You get to impact the way over 60 million people get work done every month.
Push boundaries and dare to fail—that’s how we learn!
30 vacation days—yep, you read that right— you can take them whenever you need them.
Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over two years.
16 weeks parental leave—100% of your salary—for all new parents.
Don’t leave your four-legged friends at home; our offices are pet-friendly.
We offer 1-1 coaching sessions to individual contributors and employees in leadership positions through our external partner 'Better Up'.
Possibility of a Phantom stock option plan (PSOP). (Conditions apply.)
Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.

Excited? So are we. Learn more about Smallpdf on smallpdf.com/careers and get a glimpse of our culture.
At Smallpdf, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We're proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or place of origin. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves.
Not sure if you meet all the requirements for this role? Please apply anyway. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn't considered previously.