TL;DR

Commercial Counsel (AI): Owning the full commercial legal lifecycle by drafting, negotiating, and closing various agreements across partnerships, procurement, infrastructure, and licensing. Focus on providing strategic counsel on legal risks across AI infrastructure, compute, partnerships, and enterprise deployments, and translating emerging requirements into practical contractual and policy guidance.

Location: San Francisco; New York City. Hybrid

Salary: $200K – $265K

Company

Perplexity is looking for a commercially minded attorney to join our Legal team.

What you will do

  • Lead end-to-end drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial agreements.
  • Serve as a primary legal partner across the business, providing practical and business-aligned counsel.
  • Provide strategic counsel on legal risks across AI infrastructure, compute, partnerships, and enterprise deployments as the company scales.
  • Advise on AI-specific legal considerations in commercial agreements.
  • Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure to support high-volume deal flow.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Security, Finance, and Compliance teams to address legal risk early.

Requirements

  • JD and in good standing with an active U.S. state bar membership.
  • At least 5+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial technology agreements.
  • Strong business acumen and ability to partner effectively with sales, product, engineering, and executive teams.
  • Deep familiarity with data privacy and security frameworks (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, SOC 2, HIPAA) and experience negotiating DPAs and related compliance agreements.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences and effectively translate legal concepts for non-lawyers.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Culture & Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.
  • Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.