Corporate Counsel

San Francisco. Posted 2 months ago

The role

This individual will own commercial contracting and employment law matters as an individual contributor. The role is embedded within the internal Operations team to support revenue and headcount scaling.

What you will do

Draft, negotiate, and redline data acquisition and data licensing agreements with enterprise customers
Draft and negotiate Master Service Agreements (MSAs), SOWs, and vendor paper
Own data processing agreements (DPAs) and related data rights provisions
Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and redline positions
Partner with Sales/GTM and Finance on deal structuring, pricing terms, and contract risk tradeoffs
Draft and review independent contractor agreements, employment agreements, offer letters, and compensation/bonus plan language
Advise People team on employment and labor law questions
Advise on worker classification and manage related compliance risk
Support HR compliance projects
Triage incoming legal questions and manage outside counsel relationship

Required qualifications

JD
active California bar admission
3-6 years of experience spanning both commercial contracts and employment law
Background at a boutique tech/startup-focused or generalist business law firm
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

Prior experience with AI/data companies, data / technology licensing, or technology transactions with hyperscalers/cloud providers
Experience as the first or second legal hire at another startup with focus on contract and/or employment law
Experience with equity administration tools (Pulley, Carta) or HRIS platforms (Gusto)
in-house experience at an early-stage tech company

Benefits

Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
401(k) with Employer Match
Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
Monthly Wellness Stipend

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They are based in San Francisco and serve frontier AI labs.