Head of Legal / General Counsel
Etched · San Jose
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead legal preparation for IPO and build public-company governance infrastructure.
- Personally lead complex commercial negotiations for chips, manufacturing and IP.
- Build AI-powered legal automation for contracts and knowledge management.
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 for those living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
- Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Ideal candidate
Hands-on legal leader who has scaled high-growth tech teams and thrives owning consequential negotiations and building fast, low-bureaucracy systems that help the business move faster.
Requirements
- Substantial experience advising high-growth technology companies in-house or at a leading law firm
- Track record of 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 adding bureaucracy
- Strong business judgment, concise communication, and willingness to personally own 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
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