Senior Counsel, Commercial

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California
$225K - $300K Annual
Posted 16 months ago
Expires May 29, 2026

As a Senior Counsel, Commercial at Together AI, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the company's rapid growth by providing legal guidance on commercial transactions. You will engage with various companies developing AI-driven products and businesses, negotiating and managing agreements with customers, suppliers, and partners. This position offers the opportunity to shape the legal function within a dynamic AI startup.

Your primary responsibilities will include leading the negotiation, drafting, and review of key customer and supplier contracts, as well as debt financing and other commercial agreements. You will collaborate closely with internal teams such as sales, business development, and product to provide expert legal advice, ensuring contracts effectively manage legal risks while facilitating business growth. Additionally, you will develop and refine contract templates, implement processes for contract lifecycle management, and build a deep understanding of the company's product offerings.

The ideal candidate will have over eight years of relevant legal experience, preferably with some in-house counsel experience at a technology company. You should possess deep experience in negotiating and drafting technology infrastructure hardware/software customer contracts, as well as various other commercial agreements. Strong legal and business judgment, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects under tight timelines are essential. A J.D. degree from an ABA-approved law school and admission to the California bar are required.

Together AI offers competitive compensation, including a base salary range of $225,000 to $300,000, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The company is backed by leading investors such as General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures, NVIDIA, Emergence Capital, and Lux Capital. As one of the fastest-growing AI startups, Together AI has been recognized in the Forbes AI 50 list of Top Artificial Intelligence Startups.

Joining Together AI means becoming part of a research-driven company committed to advancing the frontier of AI. The team has contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets, and has been behind technological advancements such as FlashAttention, Hyena, FlexGen, and RedPajama. This role provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of AI innovation and to make a significant impact within a rapidly growing organization.