# Legal Counsel

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $180k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Contract Negotiation, Ip Law, Commercial Agreements, Software Licensing, Strategic Partnerships, Joint Development Agreements, M&A Contracts, Legal Operations
**Posted:** 2026-06-26

> Experienced commercial transactions attorney to draft, structure, and negotiate complex contracts (software licenses, partnerships, JDA) supporting Sales, Product, and Engineering at a high-growth autonomy tech company. Requires JD, 5+ years relevant experience, and ability to advise leadership in a fast-paced environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the drafting, structuring, and negotiating of complex commercial contracts with a diverse range of customers and partners from automotive OEMs, Autonomous Vehicle (AV) startups, and other players in the AV ecosystem.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team on legal matters critical to the growth of the business.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering) to lead key initiatives.
- Support activities related to IP, Product, and Compliance as needed.
- Create forms, playbooks, and training to improve consistency, execution speed, risk mitigation, and scalability.
- Develop and implement scalable and sustainable legal operations processes, programs and tools to support the legal team’s efficient delivery of services to the broader company.
- Proactively manage other duties that may arise as part of a small legal team in a high growth start-up.

## Requirements
- J.D. degree from an accredited law school and active membership in one state bar.
- 5+ years of experience structuring, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including software licenses, strategic partnerships, and joint development agreements.
- Experience negotiating and drafting IP and material contracts representations in stock purchase, merger, and asset purchase agreements in financings.
- Demeanor to thrive in a fast-paced sales focused environment, requiring exceptional organizational skills, juggling priorities, and adhering to strict deadlines.
- Ability to travel (up to 20%).

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with some combination of law firm and in-house work.
- Computer science or engineering degree.

## Compensation and Benefits
Base salary range for this full-time position: $180,000 - $250,000 USD annually. Total compensation for eligible roles includes base salary, equity (options and/or restricted stock units), comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off.

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