Commercial Counsel, Infrastructure

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, infrastructure, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

As a member of our Commercial Counsel team, you will assist primarily with our compute and infrastructure initiatives. You’ll be responsible for working closely with our finance, infrastructure, and engineering teams in the design, development, and procurement of OpenAI’s key infrastructure initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with the forefront of the legal, infrastructure, and AI fields. 

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Be the go-to counsel and partner for several teams focused on a number of infrastructure and compute initiatives (e.g. compute purchase agreements, partner management, datacenter design, GPU/accelerator engagement).

• Identify and address commercial, product, regulatory, privacy, and other legal risks and mitigations, in connection with infrastructure transactions and partnerships.

• Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative ways and build processes for scaling flexible solutions that address risk.

• Become an expert in AI infrastructure legal matters.

You’ll enjoy this role if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience with a mix of in-house and technology-focused law firm roles.

• Understand the letter of the law and can approach problems in a practical, principled approach.

• Build cross-functional relationships and communication styles that resonate with teams to balance risk-taking with responsible development.

• Have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.

• Have a JD and license or qualification to practice in CA.

About the Interview Process

The interview process may include a written assessment and several values, skills, and behavioral interviews with our team, virtually or in person.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via [email protected].

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