Corporate Counsel

Overview

This individual contributor role supports a small Legal team and covers two primary areas of ownership: corporate legal matters and commercial contracts. The position reports to the Associate General Counsel, who leads commercial partnerships, corporate, and procurement legal work.

Key focus areas include assisting with corporate governance and transactions on the corporate side, and drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial agreements on the commercial side.

Responsibilities

Corporate

• Prepare board and stockholder consents, resolutions, meeting materials, and maintain the corporate minute book and records
• Support equity management in coordination with Finance and People teams, including plan documents and stock transfers
• Manage subsidiaries and entity matters, including formations, and officer and director appointments
• Support legal workstreams for financings, secondary transactions, and M&A, including due diligence and disclosure schedules
• Scope and manage outside counsel

Commercial Contracts

• Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including strategic partnership and vendor/SaaS agreements
• Partner with Procurement, Security, IT, and Finance on vendor review and contracting
• Advise business teams across sales, partnerships, finance, product, and operations on deal structure and risk, and explain legal issues clearly to non-lawyers
• Identify intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory issues in contracts and escalate as appropriate
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and guidelines, and provide practical training to internal teams on contracting basics and process

Requirements

• JD and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 3–6 years of corporate experience at a law firm and/or in-house at a technology company
• Corporate experience: hands-on corporate governance work and exposure to venture financings, M&A diligence, and/or disclosure schedules
• Commercial experience: meaningful experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, such as partnership, SaaS/technology, and procurement contracts
• Solid understanding of intellectual property, data protection, and privacy issues in software agreements
• Strong issue-spotting instincts: review a document, find what matters, and explain why
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; comfortable advising senior stakeholders and pushing back constructively
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently, managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Hands-on experience using generative AI tools such as Claude in your legal work

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary: $200,000 - $230,000 plus a competitive equity and benefits package
• Salary may be determined by relevant experience, location, knowledge, and skills of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
• Comprehensive health plans
• 401k program
• Commuter benefits
• Professional development
• Parental leave
• Flexible time off policy
• Robust online onboarding program

Location

This role is based in San Francisco, California, with openness to exploring remote possibilities for qualified candidates. Other physical office locations include Austin, Texas and Concord, New Hampshire.