Commercial Counsel

The role

The Commercial Counsel will build and scale the commercial legal function for an AI infrastructure business. This person will structure, negotiate, and execute high-impact commercial agreements while partnering with Sales, Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams.

What you will do

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements including enterprise customer agreements, MSAs, vendor agreements, technology agreements, strategic partnerships, and NDAs.
• Partner with Sales, Business Development, Finance, Operations, and Engineering teams to structure deals.
• Serve as a legal advisor providing guidance on contract strategy and business tradeoffs.
• Support transactions involving AI infrastructure, compute services, data center operations, and technology partnerships.
• Develop and improve contract processes, playbooks, and frameworks.
• Identify and address legal, regulatory, privacy, intellectual property, and operational considerations.
• Work cross-functionally to drive deals from initial discussions through execution.
• Bring ownership and judgment to new legal challenges as the company scales.

Required qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• 3-5+ years of legal experience, including experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal team
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of complex commercial technology agreements
• Ability to understand complex technical products and translate business objectives into practical legal solutions
• Comfortable operating independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving priorities
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to have

• California bar membership preferred
• Experience supporting technology companies, cloud infrastructure, AI, data centers, SaaS, hardware, or other technical businesses

Benefits

• Generous equity grant
• Competitive salary
• Visa sponsorships available
• 401(k) matching up to 4%
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Unlimited paid time off
• 10+ observed holidays
• Paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents
• Daily lunch
• Unlimited office book budget

Before you apply

• We sponsor visas and work permits

About the company

San Francisco Compute builds data centers and supercomputers, then leases those machines on contracts that let customers sublease. They serve financially motivated parties as a technical partner to build, operate, and lease supercomputers.