Commercial and Product Counsel (Contractor)

Arceus; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

Arceus, a remote-first legal services innovator, is seeking an attorney to serve as a general counsel seat across multiple client companies. You’ll help define how technology transforms the delivery of legal services over the next decade.

You move fast, advise on commercial, product, privacy, and other day-to-day legal needs, balance multiple engagements, and grow with opportunities to convert to full-time.

Qualifications

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing.
• Minimum 5 years of experience practicing law, with significant experience supporting technology companies; in-house counsel or sole counsel required.
• Generalist across commercial, product, and privacy for SaaS/AI/ robotics/ or deep tech; corporate or employment experience a plus.
• Customer-first mindset: responsive, empathetic, low-ego, and delivering practical advice.
• Relentless process mindset: faster, better, more consistent.
• Experience with, or excitement about, AI-assisted legal workflows.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous, high-ownership environment.
• Strong grounding in professional responsibility and legal ethics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve as extension of clients’ in-house teams: commercial contracts, regulatory, product, privacy advice, and general legal counseling.
• Review and negotiate high volumes of commercial agreements on tight turnaround.
• Flag key obligations, risks, and anomalies clearly enough for business.
• Turn recurring work into playbooks, templates, and quality standards.
• Work with product and engineering to make our review platform faster and more accurate.

Skills

Customer-first mindset

Excellent communication

Process-driven

AI-assisted workflows

Fast execution in ambiguity

Education

J.D. and active bar membership

Job description

ABOUT

At Arceus, we believe the way companies receive legal support is overdue for reinvention.Legal teams are expected to move faster than ever across commercial, product, privacy, procurement, and operational work, but the tools and delivery models available to them hasn't kept pace.We're building the legal infrastructure layer for modern companies — combining experienced attorneys with intelligent technology to deliver high-quality legal services at the speed growing businesses demand.Our attorneys don't just practice law; they shape the systems, playbooks, and technology that make every engagement better than the last, turning legal expertise into scalable workflows that redefine how legal work gets done.If you're excited to help build the future of legal services across the breadth of an in-house legal function, we'd love to meet you.This is a remote role based anywhere in the U.S.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You’ll handle the variety of a GC seat across multiple companies, and help build the tools that make that work faster. This is a rare chance to help define how technology transforms the delivery of legal services over the next decade.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

You're an attorney who thrives as a trusted partner to fast-moving companies. You've spent years advising tech companies, ideally with real exposure to commercial, product, privacy, and other day-to-day legal grind.You move fast, give practical advice, and value efficiency over perfection. You lead with empathy and responsiveness and optimize for practical outcomes.We're especially excited to meet attorneys who've been the sole counsel or first legal hire somewhere. You're comfortable wearing multiple hats, closing multiple agreements per day, and balancing competing priorities.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

• Act as an extension of clients’ in-house teams: commercial contracts, regulatory, product, privacy advice, and general legal counseling
• Review and negotiate high volumes of commercial agreements on tight turnaround
• Flag key obligations, risks, and anomalies clearly enough for business
• Turn recurring work into playbooks, templates, and quality standards
• Work with product and engineering to make our review platform faster and more accurate

EXPERIENCE

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing
• A minimum of 5 years of experience practicing law, with significant experience supporting technology companies; experience as in-house counsel or as a sole legal counsel is required
• Generalist across commercial, product, and privacy for SaaS, AI, robotics, or deep tech companies; corporate or employment experience a plus.
• A deeply customer-first mindset: responsive, empathetic, low-ego, and committed to delivering practical advice that helps the business move forward
• A relentless process mindset: always faster, better, more consistent
• Experience with, or real excitement about, AI-assisted legal workflows
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous, high-ownership environment
• Strong grounding in professional responsibility and legal ethics
• Excellent written and verbal communication

ENGAGEMENT & COMPENSATION

• Hourly rate of $100–$150, based on experience
• At least 20 hours per week availability to engage on client matters; expected availability doesn’t guarantee consistent 20 hour engagement
• Part-time independent contractor engagement
• Opportunity to convert to full-time

Arceus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic.