Legal Counsel

present of AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

HappyRobot is seeking a Legal Counsel to review contracts, IP matters, data privacy questions, and vendor or customer agreements for its AI voice and email agents. You will partner with product and operations to translate risk into practical business guidance.

A strong candidate has experience with software licensing and AI-related legal issues, plus the ability to explain tradeoffs to non-lawyers and support scaling across enterprise teams.

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing contracts and handling IP issues.
• Familiarity with data privacy laws and licensing.
• Ability to translate legal risk into practical business advice.

Responsibilities

• Review contracts and vendor/customer agreements.
• Address IP and data privacy questions.
• Provide clear business-focused legal advice to product and operations teams.

Skills

IP law

Contract review

Data privacy

Software licensing

Job description

A Legal Counsel at an AI voice and email agent company typically handles contracts, intellectual property, data and privacy questions, and vendor or customer agreements. A strong candidate brings practical commercial judgment, comfort working with product and operations teams, and the ability to turn legal risk into clear business advice. Familiarity with software licensing and AI related legal questions helps.

How it fits the AI era

AI shifts legal work toward reviewing machine drafted clauses and checking how AI agents handle calls, data and consent. Judgment on risk, negotiation and explaining tradeoffs to non lawyers stays human. The role grows more central as AI products raise new questions about IP, privacy and liability.

How it builds AI experience

This role builds AI experience through hands on work with contracts and policies for voice and email agents that act on their own. A candidate can strengthen this by learning how AI systems handle personal data, model outputs and IP ownership. Reading the company manifesto and its product materials shows how legal work connects to the agents themselves.

Worth showing

• IP and contract review
• Data privacy basics
• Software licensing
• Clear business advice

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About HappyRobot

AI voice and email agents that autonomously handle the phone calls and operational busywork of supply chain and enterprise teams.