Head of Legal / General Counsel
Etched · San Jose
CHECKED 7H AGO
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead legal strategy and IPO preparation for AI inference hardware company.
- Own complex negotiations for chips, racks, manufacturing and IP deals.
- Build automated legal operations to help frontier hardware scale quickly.
What they offer
- Medical, dental and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- $2,500 per month housing subsidy near office
- Relocation support to San Jose (Santana Row)
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
Ideal candidate
A hands-on legal leader who thrives in high-growth tech and loves building fast, pragmatic systems. You pair clear business judgment with a bias for owning tough negotiations and enabling teams to move quickly.
Requirements
- Substantial experience advising high-growth technology companies in-house or at a leading law firm
- Track record hiring, developing and leading high-performing legal teams
- Deep expertise in commercial negotiations, corporate governance and financings
- Experience building legal processes that improve speed and quality without bureaucracy
- Strong business judgment with concise communication and ownership of difficult work
- JD and active bar admission, California preferred
- remote policy
- fully in-person
Lab profile
About Etched
Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.
What they build
- Sohu AI inference chip
- AI racks and hardware systems
- Inference software stack
Known for
- Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
- Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
- Inference-optimized architecture
Key facts
- Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors