Junior Commercial Counsel

EliseAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Medical, Dental and Vision premiums &

Fully paid parental leave

Commuter benefits

401k benefits

Relocation packages

Job summary

EliseAI is seeking an in-house attorney to draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of contracts and to support our deal desk in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

You will track and triage contract requests, balance speed with meticulous attention to detail, and quickly learn new agreement types to meet business needs.

Qualifications

• JD required with strong academic record.
• Admitted to practice law in New York State or eligible to waiver into New York.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements including SaaS customer agreements, order forms, partner and reseller agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, NDAs, and data processing agreements.
• Help establish contracting processes to improve efficiency as the company scales.
• Serve as a point of contact for Sales and Partnerships to gather context for accurate drafting.
• Support deal desk operations, including contract intake, review, and approval workflows.
• Improve contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and negotiation guidelines.
• Communicate with customers and counterparties to resolve questions and keep negotiations moving.
• Take on other ad hoc projects as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Legal drafting

Legal research

Organization

Financial literacy

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Admitted to NY bar

Job description

About EliseAI

At EliseAI, we're improving the industries that matter most: housing and healthcare. Everyone needs a place to live and access to quality healthcare, yet both are often harder to secure than they should be.

By integrating AI agents deeply into existing workflows, we make them more efficient, reduce costs, and improve the experience for everyone.

• Housing: We simplify how renters tour apartments, sign leases, submit maintenance requests, and stay connected with their property team—bringing everything they need for their home into one place.
• Healthcare: We make it easy to schedule appointments, complete intake forms, and we help patients communicate with providers, so everyone can focus on health instead of paperwork.

With EliseAI, organizations reduce manual work, improve accessibility, and deliver a seamless experience across essential services.

We recently raised a $250 million Series E round led by Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate this mission.

About The Role

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role on our legal team. You’ll partner day-to-day and support our Legal Counsels to draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of contracts and to support our deal desk. It's an ideal opportunity for an early-career attorney who wants to build deep commercial contracting expertise at a rapidly scaling SaaS company and grow alongside our legal function.

In this role, you will be responsible for tracking and triaging a large number of contracts and requests at any given time. We are seeking a candidate who is equally comfortable prioritizing velocity or meticulous attention to detail, as circumstances merit, and who possesses a strong instinct for how to effectively balance these competing priorities.

Because this role centers on contracts and deal support, we're looking for someone with strong drafting instincts, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to get up to speed quickly on new agreement types and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS customer agreements, order forms, partner and reseller agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, NDAs, and data processing agreements
• Helping to establish contracting and organizational processes that will allow us to move with greater efficiency as we continue to scale
• Serving as a point of contact for our Sales and Partnerships teams, gathering context so agreements can be drafted accurately and efficiently
• Supporting deal desk operations, including managing contract intake, review, and approval workflows and helping deals move efficiently to signature
• Helping to improve contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and negotiation guidelines to help the team scale
• Speaking with customers and counterparties to resolve questions and keep negotiations moving
• Taking on other ad hoc projects as needed

Move at rocket speed, build something massive. We're scaling fast, solving real client problems with precision and ambition. Here, you own your impact; full autonomy, no micromanagement, no fluff. We hire the best, expect the best, and give you the masterclass of your career. It's hard, it's intense, and it's the most rewarding work you'll ever do. If you're hungry, driven, and ready to build something massive, climb aboard.

Requirements

• Qualifications
  • Juris Doctor (JD) degree (or foreign equivalent), with a strong record of academic achievement
  • Admitted to practice law in New York State with good standing, or willing and able to waive into New York
  • ~1-3 years of legal experience (at a law firm and/or in-house) involving commercial and transactional work
• Skills
  • Ability to effectively and clearly communicate with customers and other outside parties
  • Strong legal drafting skills
  • Strong legal researcher–demonstrated ability to reliably and thoroughly source data/information, interpret such information and augment with necessary context, and provide actionable recommendations or guidance to decision makers
  • Highly organized; rigorous attention to detail
  • Sufficient mathematical aptitude and financial literacy to effectively partner with Sales and Finance
• Mindset
  • Comfortable both owning deadlines with minimal supervision and taking instruction/working in close partnership with others
  • Enthusiastic, can‑do approach; excited to work hard at a fast‑growing startup
  • Has a startup mindset, strong sense of ownership, and a proper balance of quality and sense of urgency
  • Willingness to work in person at NYC headquarters 4-5 days a week

Why join

Growth and impact. It's not often that you can get in on the ground floor of a funded (unicorn!) startup that's scaling. That means that instead of following a playbook, you'll be helping to write it. Every single day you will be challenged to identify how we can scale and execute on it. You'll learn what works when you succeed and what doesn't when you fail. Either way, the rest of the team will be here to support you.

Benefits

• Equity in the company
• Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
• Fully paid parental leave
• Commuter benefits
• 401k benefits
• Fitness & home services stipend to cover part of your expenses so you can focus on what matters
• A collaborative in-office environment with an open floor plan, fully stocked kitchen, and all meals covered in the office
• Unlimited vacation and paid holidays
• We'll cover relocation packages and make the move exciting, not painful!

We'll cover relocation packages from outside of the Greater NYC metro area - we'll make the move exciting, not painful.

Job Compensation Range

The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $175,000. EliseAI offers a competitive total rewards package which includes base salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits & perks package. Exact compensation inclusive of salary and any bonuses is determined based on a number of factors including experience and skill level, location and qualifications which are assessed during the hiring process.

EliseAI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Please note that employment with EliseAI is on an "at-will" basis, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail]