Baseten

Assistant General Counsel, Infrastructure & Compute

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago

Machine LearningSparkM&ASupply ChainProcurementResearch

About the role

These are early structural decisions with long-term consequences - flexibility, exit optionality, and SLA enforceability all get set here.

Own and lead negotiations for GPU compute, cloud capacity, and infrastructure-services agreements across Baseten's multi-provider stack, building flexibility, exit optionality, and enforceable SLAs in before they're needed
Lead colocation, power, datacenter, and network contracting, including the operational and resilience terms that keep production sites online
Map concentration risk and long-lead dependencies across the vendor portfolio and identify where structural changes unlock flexibility - partnering with Finance on sizing and minimum-commitment terms and with Security on datacenter access and regulated-infrastructure requirements
Manage the legal dimensions of strategic infrastructure and hardware relationships, including arrangements where a counterparty plays more than one role
Build the template library, SLA-credit playbooks, and intake workflows so Procurement and Infra teams can self-serve standard transactions at scale
May support the partnership and strategic-relationship workstreams behind Model Labs / Frontier Gateways and other key initiatives
Pitch in on customer and Sales deals alongside the broader legal team, and escalate novel terms that create downstream risk to availability or operational flexibility

8+ years of technology-transactions experience with meaningful buy-side exposure to compute, cloud, hardware supply chain, datacenter, colocation, or critical-infrastructure contracting
Experience with high-volume, template-driven vendor contracting and the discipline to keep it fast without losing control of risk
As AI inference infrastructure, our ability to serve customer traffic depends on a sophisticated, multi-layered compute and infrastructure supply chain.

In-house experience at a cloud provider, neocloud, hyperscaler, datacenter operator, or hardware / semiconductor company
Direct experience with GPU / hardware supply agreements, bare-metal procurement, or large compute-capacity commitments
Experience with hyperscaler strategic agreements and the competitive dynamics of supplier-competitors
Familiarity with M&A integration and inherited-vendor continuity
Experience at an AI, ML, or developer-infrastructure company

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

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