andromeda - Commercial Counsel
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Requirements
• Experience: 3–5 years of legal experience, including training at a top-tier law firm • Background: A corporate or commercial background is ideal, especially experience advising startups or technology companies. We're also open to strong candidates from other backgrounds who can adapt quickly • Credentials: J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state • Foundation: A foundation in commercial contracts and corporate matters, or the ability to develop one quickly • Drive: Highly motivated and quick to learn, with a strong appetite for feedback and professional growth • AI-native mindset: Openness to an AI-native way of working — curiosity about how AI and modern tools are reshaping legal practice, and enthusiasm to help build it. No technical proficiency required • Judgment: Excellent judgment and comfort making decisions with imperfect information • Orientation: Business-minded; you focus on enabling the business while managing risk • Ambition: An interest in building a broad, generalist in-house practice over time • Strong Candidates May Have • ● Exposure to infrastructure, cloud, or marketplace business models • ● Experience at early-stage or hypergrowth companies where deal velocity was critical • ● Comfort with complex, SLA-driven, or otherwise non-standard commercial agreements • ● Hands-on experience with AI or legal-tech tools, or a track record of adopting new technology to work more effectively
Responsibilities
• Own Commercial Work • ● Draft, negotiate, and help close the revenue-critical commercial agreements at the center of our business • ● Take ownership of complex, non-standard deals with demanding requirements and meaningful stakes • ● Work through key commercial terms and balance sound protection with the pace required by the business • Build the Function • ● Help evolve our templates, playbooks, and risk frameworks as the business model continues to develop • ● Help build and refine the modern, AI-enabled legal tooling that lets a small team operate at scale — central to how we work • ● Help design and operate the lightweight approval workflows and judgment frameworks appropriate for a high-velocity company • ● Learn to use outside counsel surgically while owning the core work in-house • Range Across the Stack • ● Support corporate governance, board matters, and entity maintenance • ● Gain exposure to compliance as it touches the real business — data privacy and security, export controls, and emerging AI-related regulatory questions • ● Pick up employment, IP, and vendor matters as they arise • ● Support fundraising, M&A, and strategic transactions as needed • The point of this role is breadth. You'll touch nearly every part of what an in-house legal function does. • Partner Across the Business • ● Be a responsive, trusted partner to sales, finance, product, and operations • ● Translate legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders clearly and pragmatically, without unnecessary friction • ● Help the business move quickly while keeping risk thoughtfully managed
Benefits
• Apprenticeship with real stakes: Direct mentorship from the GC, on live deals, with significant room to grow • AI-native by design: Help build the tools and workflows for a new era of legal practice • Greenfield: Help build a legal function from first principles, with real foundation already in place • Real business: Meaningful revenue, complex transactions, and tangible impact • High-growth environment: Operate at the center of one of the most innovative markets in technology • Annual target bonus: $15K - $40K • Equity: a meaningful equity grant • Comprehensive benefits for you and your dependents, including healthcare, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and unlimited PTO
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