Strategic General Counsel for AI Compute & Deals

sfcompute; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Visa sponsorship

Retirement matching

Health/dental/vision

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Daily lunch

Book budget

Job summary

San Francisco Compute is seeking a seasoned General Counsel to lead legal strategy and partner with the founders on dealmaking in a fast-growing compute marketplace.

You’ll draft and negotiate complex agreements, navigate AI sales rules, AML/KYC, GDPR, and data privacy laws, and oversee corporate governance, fundraising, and external counsel. You’ll integrate compliance into product roadmaps and manage risk with decisive judgment.

Responsibilities

• Set the legal strategy and keep it tightly aligned with where the business is going, not where it's been.
• Be a strategic thought partner to the founders and deal teams: pressure-test structures, flag the risks that actually matter, and help make the call when the path forward is genuinely ambiguous.
• Draft, negotiate, and close a wide range of contracts, including offtake agreements, partnerships, vendor deals, and licensing agreements, with a commercial, deal-making mindset that gets to “yes” without giving away the store.
• Navigate a regulatory frontier that's still being written: AI sales restrictions, AML/KYC, potential future CFTC oversight, GDPR, and financial and data-privacy laws across jurisdictions.
• Advise on corporate governance, fundraising, and investor relations, including equity and debt financing transactions.
• Partner with product to build compliance in from the start and turn legal constraints into design decisions rather than last-minute blockers.
• Own risk and crisis response, including litigation, regulatory inquiries, and disputes, with calm, decisive judgment when the stakes are highest.
• Lead our engagement with regulators and stay ahead of the emerging law shaping this space, so we're anticipating and preparing for new challenges and opportunities.
• Protect what we build: patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.
• Set the tone for legal and ethical integrity across the company through tailored policies, training, and best practices.
• Run external counsel and the legal budget with discipline and leverage.

Job description

San Francisco Compute is seeking a seasoned General Counsel to lead legal strategy and partner with the founders on dealmaking in a fast-growing compute marketplace.

You’ll draft and negotiate complex agreements, navigate AI sales rules, AML/KYC, GDPR, and data privacy laws, and oversee corporate governance, fundraising, and external counsel. You’ll integrate compliance into product roadmaps and manage risk with decisive judgment.