Legal Counsel (First In-House Counsel)

The role

The Legal Counsel will build the legal function and provide practical legal advice to help the company grow. This person will own enterprise contracting, advise on product, privacy, and AI-related legal questions, and manage outside counsel.

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate enterprise customer agreements, data-protection addenda, vendor contracts, NDAs and partner terms.
• Work with product and engineering on AI features, data use, intellectual property and privacy.
• Advise on day-to-day corporate and business matters.
• Establish templates, negotiation playbooks, approval processes, contract records and matter tracking.
• Partner with security and compliance owners on customer diligence and privacy commitments.
• Identify when additional expertise is needed and manage outside counsel.

Required qualifications

• JD or equivalent legal qualification
• Active bar admission
• Eligibility to serve as in-house counsel in New York
• Experience negotiating enterprise technology agreements
• Experience advising a growing software business, in-house or through private practice
• Ability to handle commercial, product, privacy and corporate questions
• Ability to explain tradeoffs and distinguish material risk
• Technical curiosity regarding AI products and data flows
• Ability to prioritize competing needs and work with limited existing infrastructure

Nice to have

• Experience as an early legal hire at a technology company
• Experience negotiating with financial institutions or other regulated enterprises
• Experience with AI products, privacy programs and international data-protection requirements

Benefits

• Health & Dental Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Stipend
• 401K Matching

About the company

Endex builds AI agents that handle complex, end-to-end work for the world's most demanding teams. They are backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund.