# Commercial Counsel

**Company:** [Sfcompute](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sfcompute)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $130k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** commercial agreements, Contract Negotiation, master services agreements, technology agreements, Strategic Partnerships, ndas, AI Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, data centers, SaaS, Regulatory Compliance, intellectual property
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Commercial Counsel responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing complex commercial agreements for AI infrastructure and GPU offtake contracts. Partners with Sales, BD, Finance, and Engineering teams to structure deals, manage risk, and build scalable legal processes in a fast-paced environment. Requires JD, 3-5+ years experience with technology agreements, and strong business judgment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including enterprise customer agreements, master services agreements, vendor agreements, technology agreements, strategic partnerships, NDAs, and other similar contracts.
- Partner with Sales, Business Development, Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams to structure deals that align with business objectives while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to business teams, providing practical guidance on contract strategy, negotiation approaches, and business tradeoffs.
- Support commercial transactions involving AI infrastructure, compute services, data center operations, technology partnerships, and other strategic initiatives.
- Develop and improve contract processes, playbooks, and frameworks that enable teams to move faster while maintaining appropriate controls.
- Identify and proactively address legal, regulatory, privacy, intellectual property, and operational considerations impacting commercial activities.
- Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and external partners to drive deals from initial discussions through execution.
- Bring strong ownership and judgment to new and evolving legal challenges as the company scales.

## Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred).
- 3-5+ years of legal experience, including experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal team.
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of complex commercial technology agreements.
- Ability to understand complex technical products and translate business objectives into practical legal solutions.
- Comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving priorities.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience supporting technology companies, cloud infrastructure, AI, data centers, SaaS, hardware, or other technical businesses.

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