Remote Commercial Counsel (Tech & Security)

Tailscale; United States; Remote; USD 187,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Professional development stipend

Paid time off

Home office stipend

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Commercial Legal Counsel to lead day-to-day commercial legal support as we scale. You will partner with Sales, Partnerships, Finance, Security, Product, and Operations to close business, manage risk, and build scalable contracting practices.

The role reports to the Head of Legal. The strongest candidate may be an experienced commercial counsel ready for broader ownership or a senior leader who can shape the function while remaining hands-on.

Qualifications

• Requires a law degree and bar admission.
• Experience advising technology companies on commercial transactions, in-house or closely aligned with tech clients.
• Experience scaling a legal function, contracting program, or business process in a startup or high-growth environment.
• Strong judgment to distinguish material business risk from guardrails.
• Proven record leading negotiations with sophisticated customers, partners, vendors, or counterparties.

Responsibilities

• Own and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (enterprise, vendor, partner, marketplace, technology, data protection, confidentiality).
• Advise Sales and go-to-market teams on deal structure, risk, and criteria.
• Translate complex legal issues into clear options for timely decisions.
• Develop templates, playbooks, thresholds, and self-service resources.
• Collaborate with Security, Privacy, Product, and Engineering on data, security, AI, and integrations.
• Coordinate with Finance on pricing, revenue, procurement, insurance, and other matters.
• Support international transactions and coordinate with outside counsel as needed.
• Identify negotiation patterns and use data to improve cycle time and experience.
• Contribute to evolving legal priorities.

Skills

Tech transactions

In-house counsel

Negotiation leadership

Clear communication

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Law degree

Bar admission

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Commercial Legal Counsel to lead day-to-day commercial legal support as we scale. You will partner with Sales, Partnerships, Finance, Security, Product, and Operations to close business, manage risk, and build scalable contracting practices.

The role reports to the Head of Legal. The strongest candidate may be an experienced commercial counsel ready for broader ownership or a senior leader who can shape the function while remaining hands-on.