Contract Negotiator Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Ethos is seeking experienced contract negotiators to review and negotiate commercial agreements for AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks. You will own redlining, negotiation, and diligence-reviewing tasks with exceptional attention to detail and clear written communication.

This remote role offers flexible hours between 5 and 20 per week, starting ASAP. The ideal candidate has 4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager and direct ownership of contract diligence

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
• Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate commercial agreements to train AI model documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks
• Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents and workpapers across core workflows

Skills

Redlining

Negotiation

Due diligence

Document craft

Attention to detail

Written communication

Job description

Pay

$100/hr
The rate in the listing.
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From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4.
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4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
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4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
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Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication
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About this role
From the Ethos listing
About This Opportunity
We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced contract negotiators who can help train their latest language model on professional document, spreadsheet, and slide deck tasks.
We're looking for contract negotiators with 4+ years reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks across core workflows: commercial contract redlines, due-diligence issue lists and memos, clause-risk analyses, NDA and vendor-agreement review, negotiation position summaries, and obligation and renewal trackers.

Compensation

$100/hour
Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)
Location:
Fully remote, work on your own schedule
Start date:
ASAP

Qualifications

4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
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Common questions
Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses?
No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.
Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?
No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.
How many hours a week is this Contract Negotiator work?
Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.
What experience does this Contract Negotiator listing ask for?
The listing asks for 4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements; direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts; and expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.
Who built Ethos and is it legitimate?
Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.