Assistant General Counsel, Infrastructure & Compute

Baseten

Assistant General Counsel directing legal strategy for AI infrastructure commitments in a rapidly growing AI company. Leading essential negotiations and ensuring compliance across multi-provider supply chains.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $225,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and lead negotiations for GPU compute, cloud capacity, and infrastructure-services agreements across Baseten's multi-provider stack, building flexibility, exit optionality, and enforceable SLAs in before they're needed
Lead colocation, power, datacenter, and network contracting, including the operational and resilience terms that keep production sites online
Map concentration risk and long-lead dependencies across the vendor portfolio and identify where structural changes unlock flexibility — partnering with Finance on sizing and minimum-commitment terms and with Security on datacenter access and regulated-infrastructure requirements
Manage the legal dimensions of strategic infrastructure and hardware relationships, including arrangements where a counterparty plays more than one role
Apply export and trade-control flow-downs (e.g., end-use / end-user terms) in compute and hardware agreements, under the policy and screening framework owned by AI, Privacy & Governance
Build the template library, SLA-credit playbooks, and intake workflows so Procurement and Infra teams can self-serve standard transactions at scale
May assist on other related transactions involving the financing and procurement of compute and capacity
May support the partnership and strategic-relationship workstreams behind Model Labs / Frontier Gateways and other key initiatives
May assist on M&A, vendor-integration, and other strategic or one-off transactions, including diligence on inherited infrastructure agreements and continuity of critical supply post-close
Pitch in on customer and Sales deals alongside the broader legal team, and escalate novel terms that create downstream risk to availability or operational flexibility

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD and active bar membership in good standing
8+ years of technology-transactions experience with meaningful buy-side exposure to compute, cloud, hardware supply chain, datacenter, colocation, or critical-infrastructure contracting
Fluency in availability and SLA constructs, capacity and route diversity, and how compute, colo, power, and network terms interact
Experience with high-volume, template-driven vendor contracting and the discipline to keep it fast without losing control of risk
Strong judgment about when vendor terms create downstream risk for availability, cost, or operational flexibility, and how to direct specialized outside counsel
Commercially grounded communicator who can translate infrastructure concepts into clear risk calls and partner deeply with Engineering, Infra, and Finance
The ability to learn, build, and master AI tooling and systems to self-serve and operate at breakneck speed
A desire to become a recognized thought leader in your field.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

technology transactionscloud capacityGPU computeinfrastructure servicesdatacenter contractingvendor managementexport and trade controlSLA constructstemplate-driven vendor contractingrisk management

Soft Skills

strong judgmentcommercial communicationcollaborationnegotiationproblem-solvingleadershipadaptabilitycritical thinkingstrategic thinkingthought leadership

Certifications

JDactive bar membership