Founder's Office (Legal) Bengaluru · Full-time →

Dognosis; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance through Plum

Flexible hours

Work-from-home days

Gym allowance ₹10,000/year

Job summary

Dognosis, based in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a legal professional for a full‑time role reporting to the founders. The position starts with roughly a 70/30 split between regulatory/legal work and general tasks, with opportunity to evolve.

The role includes ESOPs and competitive pay; flexible hours and potential work‑from‑home days where suitable. You will build regulatory strategies for India now and the US later, draft partnership terms with healthcare and research partners, and streamline

Qualifications

• Law graduate, with 0 - 3 years of post-qualification experience (fresh graduates welcome)
• Nice to have familiarity with AI tools

Responsibilities

• Develop regulatory strategy for India now and US in the medium term
• Draft and revise partnership terms with healthcare, research, and commercial partners
• Manage routine contracts (NDAs, consultant agreements, purchase orders) with streamlined processes
• Build compliance systems: data protection embedded in software with minimal manual effort
• Coordinate external advisers (legal, tax, audit) and ensure cost‑effective services

Skills

Regulatory strategy

Contract drafting

Partnership agreements

Compliance design

Education

Law degree (LLB/LLM)

Tools

AI tools familiarity

Job description

You’ll report to the founders and work closely with the founders’ office, on roughly 70/30 legal and general work to begin with.

Dognosis is a deeptech company devoted to unleashing the superpowers of humanity's best friends. We build brain-computer interfaces, wearable sensors, robotic platforms and AI models to standardise, scale and augment canine olfaction. Our focus is a breath-based multi-cancer test that triages risk at population scale, so early cancer detection can reach everyone. Our mission is informed peace of mind for people and their companions, through interspecies technology that makes medicine truly proactive. We are based in Bengaluru, India, backed by Boost VC and 1517 Fund, selected for the Accel and Prosus Atoms X LeapTech cohort, and we work with healthcare and research institutions across India, the UK and the US.

We think from first principles, question the status quo, take responsibility, move fast and keep bureaucracy to a minimum. If you are new to startups, you may find the constant contact with reality, and the freedom to act on it, refreshing.

About the role

This is a full-time role based in Bengaluru, with competitive pay + ESOPs. You’ll report to the founders and work closely with the founders’ office. We envision the role being roughly 70/30 legal/general to begin with, and can evolve over time.

We strive to think from first principles, interrogate the status quo, take responsibility, move fast, and minimise bureaucracy. If you’re new to the startup world, you might find the continual contact with reality and operating freedom refreshing.

Legal work

Regulatory strategy - India now, and the US in the medium term. This is closely tied to go-to-market, business, and comms strategyPartnership terms - we work with healthcare, research, and commercial partners. You’d draft agreements for new partnerships, setting up the mechanics and governance of each collaboration in the process, and revising existing partnership terms where needed.Contract management - for routine contracts (NDAs, consultant agreements, purchase orders, etc), we’d like to streamline the process with (1) AI, (2) standard form agreements and clauses, (3) minimalist, plain-language drafting, and (4) two layers of human review where neededCompliance - building systems, automated where possible, that make us compliant by design (e.g. data protection built into our software), keep the human effort involved low, and stop things slipping through the cracksManaging external advisers (legal, tax, audit, etc) - scoping what each one is responsible for, keeping work streamlined, and making sure we get competitive, cost-effective service

We have an endless to-do list across functions, ranging from building tools with AI, to developing our talent pipeline. Take on responsibilities that energise you and target our limiting factors, and feel free to pitch us on what this part of the role may involve.

About you

Law graduate, with 0 - 3 years of post-qualification experience (fresh graduates welcome)

Nice to haves

• Public writing or projects
• Familiarity with AI tools

What You'll Get

• Health insurance for you, through Plum.
• Flexible hours, and work-from-home days where the role allows.
• Up to ₹10,000 a year towards a gym, a sport or any regular fitness activity.