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Counsel, Commercial

OpenAI · San Francisco

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Frontier labremotesenior$252k–$280k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead commercial legal support for high-impact AI business transactions.
  • Negotiate partnerships spanning product, infrastructure and engineering teams.
  • Build scalable legal frameworks enabling responsible AI growth.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Entrepreneurial technology lawyer with strong ownership and curiosity for AI who thrives in ambiguity and partners cross-functionally to enable responsible growth with sound judgment.

Requirements

  • 7+ years across in-house and technology-focused law firm roles
  • Strong background drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts
  • Comfortable operating entrepreneurially, proactive and independent
  • Clear communication with business judgment to enable responsible growth
  • Builds cross-functional relationships and adapts to diverse audiences
  • Strong ownership, intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for technology
  • Sound judgment in ambiguous or fast-changing situations
remote policy
Hybrid, 3 days in office per week

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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