Commercial Counsel, Compute & Infrastructure

Role Overview Anthropic is hiring a Commercial Counsel focused on Compute & Infrastructure. This role centers on providing legal guidance that supports technology initiatives while maintaining compliance. The position involves advising on legal matters tied to infrastructure and compute, helping the company manage risks and meet its business goals. Location …

Role Overview Sigma Computing is hiring a Corporate Counsel - Commercial to join the legal team in San Francisco, CA. This in-person role reports directly to the General Counsel. The position calls for strong judgment, careful risk assessment, and close attention to detail. Key Responsibilities Draft and negotiate technology transactions, including: Sales and related agreements (master subscription agreements, data processing agreements, order forms, and non-disclosure agreements) Alliance agreements with third-party partners Cloud infrastructure contracts (such as agreements with AWS, Azure, GCP, and others) Consulting and independent service agreements Conduct legal and regulatory due diligence in international jurisdictions where Sigma Computing plans to enter into technology agreements. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure agreements follow internal corporate policies and processes, and secure approvals from stakeholders to support business goals. Provide legal and commercial support for existing contracts, including assistance with dispute resolution. Offer practical legal advice on a range of legal and business matters to internal teams. Location This position is based on-site in San Francisco, CA.

Reflection AI builds open weight models for a wide range of users, including individuals, businesses, and governments. The team brings together talent from organizations such as DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Meta, Character.AI, and Anthropic, all working to advance open superintelligence. Role overview The AI Compute and Infrastructure Counsel acts as the main legal advisor to Reflection AI’s Strategy and Operations teams on complex infrastructure initiatives. Based in San Francisco, this attorney leads negotiations and manages agreements that support the company’s growing AI infrastructure. The work spans collaborations with hardware manufacturers, cloud capacity deals, and contracts related to data centers, utilities, and new facility builds. This position is designed for a commercial lawyer with experience at the intersection of advanced AI and infrastructure. The role provides autonomy, the opportunity to establish legal frameworks for a new function, and a direct impact on the company’s AI systems. What you will do Negotiate compute and cloud capacity agreements with hyperscalers, neoclouds, and new vendors, covering terms like capacity reservations, service-level commitments, portability, and exit rights. Manage hardware partnerships with vendors in chips, accelerators, servers, and networking. Oversee legal support for data center and AI facility projects, including master agreements for colocation and hosting, ground leases, build-to-suit leases, construction contracts, interconnection agreements, and power purchase agreements. Structure and negotiate power arrangements, such as power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, utility service contracts, behind-the-meter generation, and long-term energy deals. Lead legal work on strategic infrastructure transactions, including joint ventures, site acquisitions, and custom financing models for the AI factory roadmap. Develop scalable playbooks, templates, and delegation systems to help commercial and infrastructure teams operate efficiently and maintain high standards. Collaborate with Security, Privacy, and Policy teams on matters like tenant isolation, customer data handling, and sovereign compute requirements.

Join Perplexity, a pioneering AI company, as a Commercial Counsel, where you will play a pivotal role in our Legal team. In this dynamic position, you will take ownership of the entire commercial legal lifecycle. You'll draft, negotiate, and finalize a diverse array of agreements across partnerships, procurement, infrastructure, and licensing. Your efforts will help build scalable legal infrastructures that empower our business to operate swiftly while managing risks effectively. Collaborating closely with teams in product, engineering, security, finance, and sales, you'll facilitate deal closure, bolster our data security and compliance measures, and provide trusted legal advice on unique AI-related legal challenges. We seek an experienced attorney with a proven track record in negotiating commercial technology agreements, a robust understanding of data privacy and security frameworks, and the ability to make sound risk assessments independently. This hands-on, high-impact role is ideal for candidates who thrive in fast-paced environments and who are eager to contribute to establishing a top-tier legal function at one of the most significant AI firms globally.

Join Parallel as a Legal Commercial Counsel, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our legal strategy and business operations. In this dynamic position, you will collaborate closely with various teams to ensure compliance with legal standards while supporting our commercial objectives. We are looking for a proactive legal professional who is passionate about driving our mission forward through sound legal practices.

About VSCO VSCO (pronounced vis–co) is an innovative photography platform that provides a comprehensive suite of editing tools, portfolio sites, client workflows, and a vibrant community to empower photographers in refining their craft, expanding their networks, and establishing successful photography businesses on their own terms. At VSCO, we believe in the potential of photographers. Whether they are embarking on their first paid project or nurturing a well-established practice, we support photographers at every phase of their journey. Our mission is clear: to bridge the gap between the creative aspirations photographers hold and the confidence, tools, and community they need to actualize those dreams. We seek individuals who are passionate and proactive in elevating our company's mission. Our team members have the opportunity to make significant contributions, and we are firm believers that collaborative efforts yield stronger results. Our values are foundational to our team culture and influence our hiring practices. Learn more about the unique working environment at VSCO by visiting our Careers Page. About You As the Senior Product & Commercial Counsel, you will report directly to the General Counsel and play a pivotal role in sculpting VSCO’s product, marketing, and commercial strategies. Your responsibilities will include leading complex contractual negotiations, guiding product and marketing launches, and enhancing our legal operations while maintaining a creator-first approach. What You’ll Do Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Brand & Design, and other business units to integrate legal insights into product development and go-to-market strategies. Draft, negotiate, and manage a diverse array of commercial agreements including SaaS, partnerships, marketing initiatives, events, and vendor contracts. Oversee and refine VSCO’s contracting processes and systems to enhance efficiency, visibility, and scalability. Conduct research and provide counsel on privacy, intellectual property, and platform regulations. Ensure compliance with U.S. and international laws, particularly regarding promotions (sweepstakes, giveaways) and content licensing. Act as a trusted advisor on content policy and intellectual property issues, including trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Stay informed on legal and regulatory developments, translating them into actionable guidance for the business. Work effectively with external counsel and manage legal expenditures efficiently. Create practical training materials and resources to empower teams in navigating legal frameworks. Advance legal operations by leveraging AI and technology to streamline workflows and maximize impact.

Harness is an innovative leader in the AI Software Delivery Platform space, founded by the visionary technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, known for AppDynamics, which was acquired by Cisco for a remarkable $3.7 billion. With approximately $570 million raised in funding and a valuation of $5.5 billion, we are supported by top-tier investors such as Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, and Citi Ventures. As the landscape of software development evolves with AI accelerating code creation, the bottleneck has transitioned to post-coding processes - including testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness integrates AI and automation into this crucial “outer loop,” empowering teams to deliver software faster while upholding security and governance throughout the software delivery lifecycle.Our Harness Platform, fueled by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, leverages deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery process, embedding governance and policy-driven controls throughout.In the last year, Harness has facilitated over 185 million deployments, 82 million builds, 18 trillion flag evaluations, 8 million security scans, 9.1 billion optimized tests, and 3 trillion protected API calls, managing $2.8 billion in cloud expenditures. This has enabled clients such as United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate their release cycles by up to 75%, cut cloud expenses by up to 60%, and achieve a tenfold increase in DevOps efficiency.With a diverse global workforce spread across 26 offices in 25 countries, Harness is at the forefront of shaping the future of AI software delivery. We are on the lookout for extraordinary talent to join us on this exciting journey.Position SummaryWe are seeking a high-performing and pragmatic Commercial Counsel to act as a strategic partner to our global Go-To-Market (GTM) organization. As we expand our DevSecOps platform, you will go beyond merely reviewing contracts; you'll be an essential deal-closer, a risk-balancer, and a pivotal force driving our commercial success. You will adeptly navigate complex negotiations with some of the world’s largest enterprises, playing a crucial role in defining how Harness introduces its cutting-edge AI-powered software delivery tools to the market.

About UsAt Sierra, we are pioneering an innovative platform designed to empower businesses in crafting exceptional, customer-centric experiences through the power of AI. Headquartered in San Francisco, we also boast expanding offices in Atlanta, New York, London, France, Singapore, and Japan.Our culture is deeply rooted in core values: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and Family. These guiding principles shape our actions and decisions, driving us to maintain a strong commitment to our mission and each other.Our co-founders, Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, are thought leaders in technology. Bret, currently the Board Chair of OpenAI, has previously held key leadership roles at Salesforce and Facebook, while Clay has a rich history at Google, leading groundbreaking initiatives in AR/VR and product design.Your RoleAs an integral member of our dynamic legal team, you will have the chance to shape the legal framework of a rapidly growing organization. We seek a candidate with extensive experience in commercial contracts, who is also enthusiastic about expanding their expertise across intellectual property, regulatory issues, and product law. You should thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy embracing challenges, and be ready to make meaningful contributions to our business. In return, we are committed to supporting your professional growth and providing you with the resources necessary to excel as a legal professional. You will join a highly regarded legal team that prioritizes excellence, collaboration, and impactful contributions.Commercial Contracting: Lead the structuring, negotiation, and advisory processes for all commercial contracts, including SaaS agreements, technology licenses, professional services contracts, channel partnerships, vendor agreements, and NDAs. Experience with commercial privacy and security agreements (e.g., DPAs, BAAs, security agreements) is a valuable asset.Operational Excellence: Collaborate in building a best-in-class commercial function, ensuring our legal team is a key differentiator throughout the contract lifecycle. You will create templates, playbooks, and workflows aimed at enhancing operational efficiency.

flex seeks a Commercial Counsel to join its legal team in San Francisco. This position centers on supporting commercial contracts and transactions, with a strong emphasis on protecting company interests and ensuring compliance with laws and internal policies. Key responsibilities Advise on a range of commercial contracts and business transactions Negotiate contract terms with external partners and vendors Collaborate with teams across the company to help advance business objectives Identify and address legal risks in business initiatives Support ongoing compliance with relevant regulations Location This role is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

Location: North America Remote / San Francisco · Full-TimeAbout AndromedaFounded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, Andromeda Cluster is on a mission to democratize access to advanced AI infrastructure for early-stage startups. Initially starting with a single managed cluster, we rapidly expanded our capabilities to build a robust orchestration layer that enhances global AI infrastructure accessibility.We collaborate with prominent AI labs, data centers, and cloud providers to ensure compute resources are efficiently delivered where and when they are most required. Our innovative platform optimizes the routing of training and inference jobs globally, enhancing flexibility and operational efficiency in one of the most dynamic markets around.Our vision is to establish the liquidity layer for global AI compute, and we are continually seeking exceptional talent in AI infrastructure, research, and engineering.The OpportunityWe are in search of an Infrastructure Manager to enhance the alignment of supply and demand on our platform. This role is an Individual Contributor position, reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure. The Infrastructure team forms the backbone of our operations, focusing on acquiring and managing compute resources in collaboration with our compute providers, sales, and technical teams.As we scale our operations, we aim to broaden our network and liquidity while deepening our service offerings and accelerating growth.What You'll Do• Align incoming leads from the sales team with both internal and external compute capacities.• Optimize the utilization of our compute resources.• Identify and onboard new compute suppliers globally.• Source capacity tailored to customer requirements and market trends.• Address customer and supplier challenges in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.• Analyze technical and commercial differences among suppliers to refine our capacity strategies.• Formulate a proactive compute strategy driven by market insights.• Negotiate costs with suppliers and vendors.• Design and implement capacity planning processes.

About ColumnAt Column, we are revolutionizing the financial technology landscape by tackling the complexities of traditional banking systems. Having founded and scaled industry-leading companies like Plaid, Square, Meta, Blend, and Affirm, we understand the critical challenges that builders and developers face when partnering with conventional banks. Our mission is to streamline the banking supply chain by providing innovative, technology-driven solutions that eliminate unnecessary vendors and abstraction layers, ultimately leading to a safer, more transparent, and cost-effective banking experience. Join us in our mission to empower developers and reshape the future of financial services!The OpportunityAs we expand our in-house commercial legal team, we are seeking a dynamic Commercial Counsel to lead the legal framework behind our key commercial and strategic partnerships. This role goes beyond the conventional in-house counsel position, requiring you to design innovative partnership structures that enhance modern banking experiences while navigating complex regulatory landscapes. Collaborating closely with our Sales & Partnerships, Risk, and Compliance teams, you'll play a pivotal role in structuring deals that ensure customer satisfaction and facilitate safe scaling of our platform. If you are passionate about merging legal expertise with a builder's mindset and are eager to make a tangible impact on financial service delivery, we would love to hear from you!This position requires in-person attendance 3-4 days a week at our San Francisco office located in Presidio.What You'll DoEnd-to-End Agreement Management: Take ownership of structuring, drafting, and negotiating intricate customer, vendor, and third-party agreements related to a diverse range of banking products and services, including payments, money movement, and banking partnerships.Legal Playbook Development: Create and maintain comprehensive legal playbooks and templates, ensuring a swift yet quality-driven approach to contracts, terms of service, and disclosures for our banking products and services.Negotiation: Lead negotiations with a focus on achieving favorable outcomes that align with Column's strategic goals.

Join Mariana Minerals as a Commercial Counsel and play a pivotal role in guiding our legal and commercial strategies. You will be responsible for providing legal advice on various commercial matters, including contract negotiations, compliance issues, and corporate governance. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring that our business operations align with legal requirements while also driving strategic objectives.

About Distyl AIDistyl AI specializes in creating production-ready AI systems designed to enhance essential operational workflows for Fortune 500 companies. With the backing of a strategic partnership with OpenAI, proprietary software accelerators, and extensive expertise in enterprise AI, we deliver effective AI solutions that provide rapid value—typically within a quarter.Our innovative products have empowered Fortune 500 clients across various sectors, including insurance, consumer packaged goods, and non-profit organizations. By joining our team, you’ll assist organizations in identifying, constructing, and realizing value from their generative AI investments, often for the first time. Our customer-centric approach ensures we prioritize solving our clients' challenges, holding ourselves accountable for creating financial impact and improving end-user experiences.Led by experienced leaders from renowned companies such as Palantir and Apple, Distyl is supported by investors including Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, Dell Technologies Capital, Nat Friedman (former CEO of GitHub), Brad Gerstner (founder and CEO of Altimeter), along with board members from numerous Fortune 500 companies.

At Discord, we connect over 200 million users every month through our platform, primarily for one engaging purpose: gaming. With more than 90% of our community immersed in games, they collectively spend 1.5 billion hours on thousands of titles monthly. As a pivotal player in the gaming ecosystem, we strive to enhance the way people interact and enjoy games, whether before, during, or after playtime.We are looking for an experienced Commercial Counsel to join our dynamic Legal team, where you will spearhead complex and high-stakes transactions that catalyze revenue and growth for our platform. As a strategic legal partner, you will support sophisticated commercial initiatives, ranging from advertising sales and significant partnerships to innovative revenue models and product rollouts. This position presents a remarkable opportunity to influence Discord's global commercial relationships at the forefront of gaming, advertising, and community engagement.In your role, reporting to our Managing Counsel, you'll independently navigate high-stakes negotiations while serving as a trusted advisor to our senior leadership on intricate business, risk, and legal strategy decisions. We welcome candidates from both the Bay Area and New York City.

Join Hive as a Senior Commercial Counsel, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our legal strategies in a dynamic startup environment. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our commercial legal processes and provide insightful counsel on privacy and regulatory matters. Your expertise will be vital in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contractual agreements that drive Hive's growth in the AI industry. We seek an innovative thinker who thrives in a fast-paced setting, adept at leading teams through negotiations, engaging with internal and external executives, and making informed decisions in alignment with company policies and strategies.

Join Figma as a Commercial Legal Counsel, where you will play a pivotal role in providing legal guidance for our commercial operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance, support negotiations, and manage contracts efficiently. Your expertise will help drive our mission of making design accessible to all.

About AnthropicAt Anthropic, we are dedicated to developing safe, reliable, and interpretable AI systems that benefit users and society at large. Our rapidly expanding team consists of passionate researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders committed to advancing AI technology responsibly.About the RoleAs a Senior Commercial Counsel specializing in Datacenters & Construction at Anthropic, you will spearhead the legal execution for our most significant infrastructure transactions, including direct datacenter leases, construction contracts, and financing strategies essential for large-scale infrastructure investments. This position will focus on facilities under Anthropic’s control, whether through ownership or long-term leases, while also collaborating with our cloud computing and network legal teams. You will serve as the in-house coordinator, ensuring that external legal support aligns with our commercial objectives and integrates seamlessly with our broader compute strategy.

P-931 At Databricks, we are dedicated to empowering data teams to tackle some of the most challenging problems in the world—from revolutionizing transportation to fast-tracking medical innovations. We achieve this by developing and managing the foremost data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling our clients to leverage profound data insights to enhance their enterprises. Founded by engineers with a customer-centric approach, we seize every chance to resolve technical challenges, from crafting next-generation UI/UX for data interactions to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we’re just getting started. Within Databricks, the Compute Infrastructure organization is responsible for building and operating the essential framework that supports all Data, AI, and stateful workloads across major cloud platforms. Our system launches tens of millions of VMs daily, manages thousands of Kubernetes clusters, and must deliver exceptional elasticity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. We are in search of an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on pivotal components of this platform. Your contributions will significantly impact product delivery speed, customer satisfaction, and our company's scalability. The impact you will have: Own and enhance the compute platform to support all Databricks workloads, enabling engineers to create top-tier products with high velocity and superior performance. Recruit exceptional engineers and nurture their development through guidance, feedback, and career advancement opportunities. Elevate the technical and operational standards through robust design practices, rigorous testing, and a culture of engineering excellence and platform thinking. Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to establish long-term strategies and roadmaps. Lead cross-functional initiatives encompassing both product and infrastructure domains. Influence architectural decisions that extend beyond your immediate team.

About AnthropicAt Anthropic, our vision is to develop AI systems that are not only reliable and interpretable but also align with human values. We are dedicated to ensuring that AI technologies are safe and beneficial for all users and society at large. Our rapidly expanding team comprises passionate researchers, engineers, policy specialists, and business leaders collaborating to create transformative AI solutions.About the RoleWe are seeking a dynamic Commercial Counsel to join our legal team, playing a crucial role in how innovative AI technology reaches users, researchers, and enterprises globally. As a key member of our team, you will work closely with experienced professionals who are strategic partners in driving initiatives forward, thinking creatively, and collaborating on impactful deals. Your primary focus will be supporting our Go-to-Market teams by managing enterprise agreements and customer negotiations. This role will also expose you to a variety of commercial work, including research collaborations, product partnerships, and procurement. You'll have the chance to engage in groundbreaking AI safety and research agreements, including threat-sharing frameworks with leading security organizations and collaborations to advance responsible AI development standards.This position is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated attorney to deepen their expertise in commercial transactions while directly contributing to responsible AI development.

Team and Platform Focus The Compute Infrastructure team at OpenAI designs, builds, and maintains the systems that support AI research at scale. This work brings together accelerators, CPUs, networking, storage, data centers, orchestration software, agent infrastructure, developer tools, and observability. The aim is to create a reliable, unified experience for researchers and product teams across the company. Projects span the full stack: capacity planning, cluster lifecycle management, bare-metal automation, and distributed systems. The team manages Kubernetes scheduling, system optimization, high-performance networking, storage, fleet health, reliability, workload profiling, benchmarking, and improvements to the developer experience. Even small improvements in communication, scheduling, hardware efficiency, or debugging can significantly accelerate research. OpenAI matches engineers to areas within Compute Infrastructure that align with their skills and interests. Role Overview This Software Engineer role centers on building and evolving the compute platform that supports OpenAI’s research and products. Candidates may bring expertise in low-level systems, high-performance computing, distributed infrastructure, reliability, CaaS, agent infrastructure, developer platforms, tooling, or infrastructure user experience. The most important qualities are strong analytical skills, the ability to write resilient code, and a collaborative approach that helps colleagues move faster and with more confidence. What You Will Work On Working close to hardware or at the user interaction layer Developing CaaS and agent infrastructure Managing control and data planes that connect the system Bringing new supercomputing capabilities online Optimizing training workloads through profiler traces and benchmarks Improving NCCL and collective communication Analyzing GPUs, NICs, topology, firmware, thermal dynamics, and failure modes Designing abstractions to unify diverse clusters into a single platform Areas of Expertise No one is expected to cover every area listed. Some engineers focus on system performance, kernel or runtime behavior, large-scale networking protocols, RDMA, NCCL, GPU hardware, benchmarking, scheduling, or hardware reliability. Others improve the platform’s usability through APIs, tools, workflows, and developer experience. The team values strong engineering judgment and a drive to advance the field.