Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Legal Department is seeking an Associate Corporate Counsel to support AWS, working with engineering, supply chain, and procurement teams on a wide range of technology and commercial transactions. The role focuses on counseling, negotiations, IP hygiene, vendor engagement, and mentoring teams on governance and process improvements.

The ideal candidate has a JD, 2+ years of legal experience in transactional work, and the ability to manage multiple complex deals globally.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of legal experience.
• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent.
• Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Providing business-line counseling to infrastructure engineering and supply chain teams to enable the development, manufacture, deployment, and maintenance of AWS cloud infrastructure technology globally for our customers.
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial and technology-related agreements, including development, supply, manufacturing services, software licensing, services, and other bespoke agreements.
• Supporting and directly advising business partners on legal, commercial, operational, and other risks.
• Developing, advising on, and implementing with the business vendor engagement, contractual, and negotiation strategies.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to identify and resolve commercial, operational, compliance, regulatory, security, safety, legal, and customer/vendor issues.

Skills

Legal experience

Contract drafting

Transactional work

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Job ID: 10514201 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world’s fastest growing technology companies. AWS provides cutting edge cloud computing services and IT infrastructure trusted by millions of customers around the world - including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com.

This role will provide a blend of counseling and transactional support to teams dedicated to engineering, supply chain, and procurement of the technology that all AWS cloud services and customers rely upon. The transactions include a wide variety of deal types, including the following: hardware and software development agreements; technology licensing; supply, procurement, and manufacturing agreements; SaaS and hosted services agreements; and professional, operations, and support services agreements. You will work directly with a wide array of teams across AWS to help develop and launch new hardware and to manage the supply chain for these technologies deployed around the globe. You will also help identify, counsel on, and resolve a wide array of commercial, operational, legal, and other issues, but particularly on intellectual property (IP) hygiene, IP protection and licensing, and vendor engagement and negotiation strategies. This Associate Corporate Counsel will also develop, review and advise on standard operating procedures, forms, and internal policies and will develop and deliver trainings and business-facing resources to enable these teams to seamlessly develop, manufacture, and deliver products to our customers. Over time, you will learn about the business to understand and anticipate the key risks we face, partner with your clients to develop and execute appropriate mitigation strategies, and ultimately help chart long-term strategy for AWS infrastructure.

We expect this role to own and deliver on diverse and complex transactions and projects simultaneously. Successful candidates will possess a clear and concise communication style, demonstrate strong organizational skills, and effectively collaborate across multiple internal teams and with counter‑parties.

Key job responsibilities

• Providing business-line counseling to infrastructure engineering and supply chain teams to enable the development, manufacture, deployment, and maintenance of AWS cloud infrastructure technology globally for our customers.
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial and technology-related agreements, including development, supply, manufacturing services, software licensing, services, and other bespoke agreements.
• Supporting and directly advising business partners on legal, commercial, operational, and other risks.
• Developing, advising on, and implementing with the business vendor engagement, contractual, and negotiation strategies.
• Collaborating cross-functionally to identify and resolve commercial, operational, compliance, regulatory, security, safety, legal, and customer/vendor issues.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of legal experience
• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
• Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing services or equivalent
• Knowledge of IT/technology transactions or equivalent
• Experience managing and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Santa Monica - 131,500.00 - 178,000.00 USD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.