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Legal Counsel

San Francisco, CALegalOnsite4+ YOE
Summary

First in-house Legal Counsel responsible for end-to-end commercial contracting, building scalable legal infrastructure, and providing pragmatic regulatory guidance for an AI document platform.

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts across the business, including customer agreements, MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, SOWs, NDAs, and vendor contracts, and create new form agreements where none exist
  • Partner closely with the sales team as a responsive, solution-oriented advisor who helps close deals, not slow them down
  • Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure: standard templates, a negotiation playbook, approval workflows, and a contract management system
  • Provide pragmatic legal and regulatory guidance to teams across the company, from early-stage project development through launch
  • Stay current on laws and regulations relevant to AI products, including data privacy, IP, and consumer protection, and ensure we are operating in compliance
  • Manage outside counsel relationships and keep legal spend focused and efficient

You'll Thrive Here If You

  • Hold yourself to a high bar for quality and precision
  • Have 4+ years of legal experience with a strong track record drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
  • Are comfortable being the only lawyer in the room and making pragmatic calls independently
  • Bring a generalist mindset and are willing to tackle problems outside your core expertise
  • Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams and build trust quickly across functions
  • Operate well in fast-moving, high-growth environments and can balance attention to detail with the pace of the business
  • Use AI tools fluently and have a track record of using them to improve efficiency and process

Bonus Points If You

  • Have prior in-house experience at a B2B SaaS or AI company
  • Have built legal infrastructure from scratch, including templates, playbooks, and contract systems
  • Understand how AI technologies intersect with privacy, IP, and competition law
  • Have experience navigating international legal and regulatory requirements

Benefits

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Daily lunch
  • $400 commuter stipend
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health and wellness budget up to $150 per month
  • Parental leave with flexible scheduling
Skills
Contract draftingContract negotiationCommercial agreementsSaaS contractsMSANDAData privacyIntellectual propertyAI regulatory complianceContract management systems