Associate General Counsel, Infrastructure Technology Transactions

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 202,000 - 274,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta seeks an experienced technology transactions attorney to join its Technology Transactions and Global Procurement Legal team supporting Meta Compute in Austin. You will structure, negotiate, and close high‑value, technically complex agreements for AI compute, networks, and storage underpinning Meta's data center infrastructure at scale.

You will work with Infrastructure, sourcing, engineering, procurement, accounting and finance teams to align terms with business goals and develop scalable

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications must include cross-functional risk assessment and deal structuring for large-scale infra transactions.
• Experience independently managing a high-volume portfolio of complex transactions with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end negotiation and drafting of infrastructure technology agreements for hardware components and services from ASIC/OEM vendors and technology licensing partners.
• Advise internal stakeholders on transaction strategy, risk allocation, and critical commercial terms.
• Collaborate with legal, finance, tax, privacy, security, and regulatory teams to align structures with company requirements.
• Develop scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, and standard form agreements for recurring infra transaction types.
• Coordinate outside counsel to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
• Leverage AI-enabled workflows to improve review efficiency and drafting cycles.

Job description

Summary:

Meta seeks an experienced and motivated technology transactions attorney to join its Technology Transactions and Global Procurement Legal team supporting Meta Compute. In this role, you will serve as a strategic legal partner for complex commercial agreements that underpin the development and deployment of Meta's global data center infrastructure at scale, including AI compute, networks, and storage. You will work closely with Infrastructure, sourcing, supply chain, engineering, procurement, accounting and finance teams to structure, negotiate, and close high-value, technically complex transactions that enable Meta's platforms to serve billions of people worldwide. This role offers the exciting opportunity to join a growing legal team and work on emerging issues in AI infrastructure.

Required Skills:

Associate General Counsel, Infrastructure Technology Transactions Responsibilities:

1. Lead end-to-end negotiation and drafting of complex infrastructure technology agreements, including the development, manufacturing, and procurement of custom silicon, CPU, memory, and other critical hardware components and services from key ASIC and OEM vendors, resellers, and technology licensing partners
2. Serve as a trusted business partner to Meta’s Infrastructure organization, providing strategic and practical legal advice and solutions to internal stakeholder organizations to support transaction strategy, risk allocation, and critical commercial terms
3. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across legal, finance, tax, privacy, security, and regulatory teams to align transaction structures with company-wide requirements
4. Develop and maintain scalable contract frameworks, playbooks, and standard form agreements for recurring infrastructure transaction types
5. Manage and coordinate outside counsel on specialized infrastructure transaction matters, ensuring quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness
6. Leverage AI-integrated legal workflows to improve contract review efficiency, accelerate drafting cycles, and surface risk patterns across the infrastructure transaction portfolio

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience advising cross-functional business teams on legal risk, contract strategy, and deal structuring for large-scale infrastructure or technology transactions
2. Experience independently managing a high-volume portfolio of complex transactions with minimal supervision, delivering practical legal solutions aligned with business objectives

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Proven organizational skills, experience in managing multiple projects at once, following through, and meeting deadlines
2. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
3. Knowledge of technical hardware development and manufacturing, including semiconductor design
4. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
5. In‑house experience providing counsel to technology companies in the data center, cloud, semiconductor, hardware, networking, or foundry spaces
6. Proven communication skills, experience providing clear, concise, and practical guidance
7. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
8. Experience drafting custom agreements from scratch (i.e., not from existing templates)

Public Compensation:

$202,000/year to $274,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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