Commercial Counsel/Senior Counsel
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · New York City
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Applied AIremotesenior$200k–$290k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own the full commercial legal lifecycle from drafting to closing complex deals.
- Advise on frontier AI legal issues like data use, output liability and EU AI Act.
- Build scalable contracting infrastructure with templates, playbooks and CLM.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A commercially minded attorney with 5+ years negotiating tech deals who thrives in fast-paced environments. Practical, low-ego partner to the business who loves AI and making principled risk calls independently.
Requirements
- JD and active U.S. state bar membership in good standing
- 5+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience negotiating complex commercial technology agreements
- Deep familiarity with data privacy and security frameworks and negotiating DPAs
- Experience with infrastructure and compute procurement agreements strongly preferred
- Ability to translate legal concepts clearly for business and technical audiences
Lab profile
About Perplexity AI
Builds AI search answers and agentic Computer to turn knowledge into action.
What they build
- Perplexity AI answer engine
- Perplexity Computer agentic assistant
- Comet AI browser and desktop apps
Known for
- Agentic AI and agent capabilities
- Applied AI product engineering
- Cross-platform apps across web, mobile and desktop
- Multimodal AI and integrations
Key facts
- Founded in 2022
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Serves millions of users daily