The San Francisco Compute Company

The San Francisco Compute Company

Commercial Counsel

San Francisco, CA

H1B sponsorship availableDetected 17 hours ago
Cloud PlatformsBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationIntellectual PropertyLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • The ideal candidate combines strong commercial judgment with a genuine interest in AI, compute infrastructure, and emerging technologies.
  • This role is based in our San Francisco office and requires working onsite five days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements, including enterprise customer agreements, master services agreements, vendor agreements, technology agreements, strategic partnerships, NDAs, and other similar contracts.
  • Partner with Sales, Business Development, Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams to structure deals that align with business objectives while appropriately managing legal and commercial risk.
  • Support commercial transactions involving AI infrastructure, compute services, data center operations, technology partnerships, and other strategic initiatives.
  • Develop and improve contract processes, playbooks, and frameworks that enable teams to move faster while maintaining appropriate controls.
  • Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and external partners to drive deals from initial discussions through execution.

Requirements

  • 3-5+ years of legal experience, including experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal team.
  • Ability to understand complex technical products and translate business objectives into practical legal solutions.

Nice to have

  • JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred)
  • Experience supporting technology companies, cloud infrastructure, AI, data centers, SaaS, hardware, or other technical businesses strongly preferred.

Compensation

  • Team members are offered a competitive salary along with equity in the company

Benefits

  • Team members are offered a competitive salary along with equity in the company
  • We offer competitive medical, dental, vision insurance for employees and dependents and cover 100% of premiums
  • We offer unlimited paid time off as well as 10+ observed holidays
  • We offer biological, adoptive, and foster parents paid time off to spend quality time with family

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