General Counsel

The role

You will build the company's legal function from the ground up as its first in-house lawyer. You will advise the CEO and leadership on corporate governance, fundraising, IP, commercial contracts and regulatory compliance.

What you will do

• Define and execute legal, compliance and IP strategy in line with company growth.
• Serve as strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team on legal risk and major decisions.
• Lead legal structuring of venture capital fundraising, debt financing and potential M&A.
• Partner with the CEO and CFO to prepare controls for a potential future public listing.
• Advise the Board and its committees on public company governance practices.
• Direct IP strategy with outside patent counsel.
• Oversee compliance with export control (ITAR/EAR) and data security rules.
• Draft, negotiate and manage commercial, vendor and partnership agreements and NDAs.
• Advise on employment law matters in partnership with HR.
• Represent the legal function to the executive team, Board, investors, auditors and regulators.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one state bar.
• 10+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house counsel tenure at a high-growth technology or hardware startup.
• Experience operating as a company's first or founding in-house counsel, or building a legal function from the ground up.
• Hands-on experience with venture capital fundraising and corporate transactions in a startup.
• Hands-on experience managing IP strategy and outside patent counsel for a hardware or deep-tech company.
• Working knowledge of export control regulations (ITAR/EAR) and other regimes for sensitive or dual-use technology.
• Comfort operating as a legal generalist and sole in-house counsel.
• Excellent executive-level verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to set long-term legal and organizational goals and turn them into plans as the function scales.

Nice to have

• Colorado bar membership.
• Experience taking a company public or serving as in-house counsel at a public company, including SEC reporting, proxy statements and Board support.
• Experience in quantum computing, semiconductors, aerospace/defense or another dual-use deep-tech hardware industry.
• Experience with CFIUS, export control or other national-security-adjacent regulatory matters.

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• 401K company matching.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• FSA.
• Dependent care benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Drinks, snacks and catered team lunches in the office every day.
• Annual bonus.
• Equity in the company.

Before you apply

• Must be able to work onsite in Boulder five days per week.

About the company

Atom Computing builds quantum computers using arrays of optically trapped neutral atoms. The company describes itself as a world-class team of scientists, engineers and business professionals.