Infrastructure & Energy Transaction Counsel

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Wellness and commuter stipends

401k Plan with 2% company match

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Lambda is seeking an Energy & Infrastructure Counsel to lead complex transactions across data center portfolio and future developments. You will own legal structuring, drafting, and negotiations, collaborating with site development, power, engineering, procurement, and finance teams to close multi-million or billion-dollar deals.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years of senior-level experience, deep infrastructure know-how, and fluency in energy markets, with a JD and active U.S. bar membership.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of legal experience running complex commercial transactions, ideally split between an elite AmLaw law firm and an innovative, fast-moving infrastructure or technology company.
• Deep infrastructure expertise with a proven track record of managing a heavy workload, prioritizing risk efficiently, and closing multi-million or billion-dollar transactions on accelerated schedules.
• Strong technical and energy market literacy, showing understanding of data centers, wholesale electricity markets (e.g., ERCOT, PJM), utility interconnections, and emerging AI hardware stacks.
• Solution-oriented commercial mindset with ability to demonstrate sound judgment in high-stakes situations.
• Elite communication abilities, bridging technical engineering needs with legal protections.
• A JD from an accredited law school and an active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
• A lot of charge in the battery—thriving under pressure in an environment that demands high responsiveness, versatility, and absolute ownership.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of the legal structuring, drafting, and negotiation of complex transactions across our portfolio of leased data centers, and data centers we will develop ourselves through land and power acquisitions.
• Work cross-functionally with site development, power, engineering, procurement, and finance leaders to execute the infrastructure deals that will define Lambda’s future.

Skills

Legal experience

Infrastructure expertise

Energy market literacy

Communication skills

Bar admission

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco or upcoming New York City office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

As Lambda continues its rapid growth, and our data center footprint continues scaling, we are expanding our legal team is expanding its infrastructure, corporate development, and power capabilities. We are seeking an Energy & Infrastructure Counsel to act as a primary deal architect for our multi-billion-dollar-scale physical infrastructure investments.

You will take end-to-end ownership of the legal structuring, drafting, and negotiation of complex transactions across our portfolio of leased data centers, and data centers we will develop ourselves through land and power acquisitions. You will work cross-functionally with our site development, power, engineering, procurement, and finance leaders to execute the infrastructure deals that will help define Lambda’s future.

You

• 6+ years of legal experience running complex commercial transactions, ideally split between an elite AmLaw law firm and an innovative, fast-moving infrastructure or technology company.

• Deep infrastructure expertise with a proven track record of managing a heavy workload, prioritizing risk efficiently, and closing multi-million or billion-dollar transactions on accelerated schedules.

• Strong technical and energy market literacy, displaying a clear understanding of data centers, wholesale electricity markets (e.g., ERCOT, PJM), utility interconnections, and emerging AI hardware stacks.

• Solution-oriented commercial mindset with an ability to demonstrate sound, definitive judgment in high-stakes, highly ambiguous situations.

• Elite communication abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to accurately and concisely bridge technical engineering needs with legal protections.

• A JD from an accredited law school and an active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.

• A lot of charge in the battery—thriving under pressure in an environment that demands high responsiveness, versatility, and absolute ownership.

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast

• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove

• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers

• We offer generous cash & equity compensation

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.