In-House Counsel

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

present of AI in San Francisco seeks its first in-house lawyer to cover contracts, disputes, and compliance. The role emphasizes arbitration and other ADR methods to resolve disputes and manage outside counsel.

The ideal candidate is a California-licensed attorney with several years of litigation experience who can work independently, design legal processes from scratch, and advise founders on risk in a fast-moving AI and developer-tools environment.

Qualifications

• California-licensed attorney with several years of litigation experience.
• Ability to work independently and set up legal processes.

Responsibilities

• Handle contracts, disputes, and compliance questions.
• Focus on arbitration and ADR to settle disputes without trials.
• Set up legal processes from scratch for a growing company.
• Advise founders on risk and negotiate with external parties.

Skills

Litigation experience

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Education

California Bar admission

Tools

Contract review software

Job description

This is the first lawyer hire at a young company, so the work covers a wide range: contracts, disputes, compliance questions and outside counsel. The heaviest focus is on arbitration and other ways of settling disputes without a full trial, especially cases tied to payments or collections. A strong candidate is a California-licensed attorney with several years of litigation experience who can work alone, weigh risk calmly and set up legal processes from scratch.

How it fits the AI era

AI tools can speed up first drafts of contracts, contract review and research, which helps a one-person legal team handle more volume. Judgment still stays human: deciding whether to settle or fight, negotiating with the other side and advising founders on risk. For a company in AI and developer tools, the lawyer will also likely see how fast-moving tech shapes the terms customers and vendors ask for.

How it builds AI experience

The company runs a platform that pools cloud spend from many customers, so the legal work touches cloud vendor agreements and customer contracts in a market tied closely to AI workloads. Someone in this seat can build real experience by choosing and testing AI tools for contract review and dispute prep, and by setting the rules for how the team uses them safely. Candidates can start now by trying such tools on sample agreements and noting where they help and where a lawyer must check the result.

Worth showing

• Arbitration and ADR case results
• Payments or collections dispute experience
• Contract drafting and negotiation samples
• Delaware corporate law knowledge
• Building legal processes from scratch

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About Pump.co

A free platform that, the company says, cuts a company's AWS, GCP and Azure bills by pooling many customers' cloud spend to unlock volume discounts, without engineering work.