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RoktRoktNew York, NY

Staff Attorney

Staff Attorney advising commercial and operational teams on contract drafting, negotiation, and legal risk for a global ecommerce platform. Requires JD, US bar admission, and strong AI/tooling fluency.

153k – 174k/yr
On-siteLegal

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements with customers and suppliers, including SaaS, ecommerce, ad-tech/mar-tech, data processing, licensing, and strategic partnerships
  • Provide commercially astute counsel to Rokt’s global go-to-market, product, and partnerships teams, balancing risk with business velocity
  • Review and negotiate vendor agreements
  • Partner with the team's paralegals and legal ops professionals on improving processes and automating tasks with tools like Claude Cowork and OpenAI’s Codex
  • Partner with Finance, People, and Operations to streamline contracting processes and accelerate deal flow, including through automation and CLM (Ironclad) optimization
  • Lean in as needed to other areas like corporate governance, employment, and regulatory issues

Requirements

  • JD with strong academic credentials; admitted to practice in the US
  • Extremely comfortable using AI and agentic AI to solve complex problems and automate more routine ones
  • Comfortable negotiating complex commercial and data-related agreements
  • Good at simplifying complexity—clear, concise legal drafting and advice
  • Strong project management skills; thrive handling multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment
  • Collaborative and solutions-oriented, with the ability to build trust with stakeholders across geographies and levels
  • High degree of initiative, sound judgment

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience or demonstrated exposure to commercial contracting, technology transactions, ecommerce, ad-tech, mar-tech, or other high-growth technology environments
  • Experience implementing or managing CLM systems (Ironclad preferred)

Compensation & Benefits

  • Target total compensation ranges from $170,000 - $214,000, including a fixed annual salary of $153,000 - $174,000, an employee equity plan grant, and world-class benefits
  • Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company
  • Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us!
  • Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance!
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.)
  • Work with the greatest talent in town
  • See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London

Skills

JdCommercial ContractingTechnology TransactionsSaas AgreementsData Processing AgreementsClm SystemsIroncladAI ToolsContract NegotiationProject Management

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