Assistant General Counsel, Commercial

Baseten

Assistant General Counsel overseeing enterprise commercial agreements at AI inference infrastructure company. Partnering with Sales and GTM teams while ensuring legal compliance in contract negotiations.

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 the full lifecycle of enterprise commercial agreements — MSAs, order forms, DPAs, BAAs, SOWs, and NDAs — at volume, as the primary legal partner to Sales and GTM throughout the deal cycle
Serve as product counsel to the business: advise on how inference, multi-tenancy, model deployment, data flows, and SLAs map to contract terms, and translate technical architecture into risk positions Sales and customers can act on
Own the commercial and legal terms for model marketplace and model distribution agreements, including the allocation of responsibility between Baseten and model providers
Lead the legal workstream for go-to-market and strategic partnerships, structuring collaboration, reseller, and co-sell arrangements that protect Baseten's IP and independence while unlocking distribution
Build, own, and continuously improve Baseten's commercial templates, playbooks, and standard positions against market feedback and leadership risk appetite
Partner with Finance on revenue recognition and non-standard deal structures, and with Security and Compliance on data protection, regulated-data, and security commitments in customer contracts
Drive deal velocity — know which terms to hold, which to trade, and how to explain the difference to an AE, a CFO or the CLO
Advise the CLO on commercial and contractual risk, and proactively advocate for changes to Baseten's positions, playbooks, and risk posture as the product and market evolve
May assist on M&A and other strategic or one-off transactions as needed
Help build and mentor the commercial legal team as it scales, and contribute across whatever the team needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD and active bar membership in good standing
8+ years of commercial / technology transactions experience, with meaningful in-house time at a B2B SaaS, cloud, or developer-infrastructure company
Demonstrated product-counsel instinct: you've advised a technical product org, not just papered deals, and can hold your own in a conversation about how the product actually works
Proven ability to negotiate sophisticated enterprise agreements at the redline level and manage high deal volume without losing the details
Strong working knowledge of data privacy (GDPR, CCPA) and security provisions (DPAs, security addenda) as they surface in commercial contracts
Clear, direct communicator who can translate legal and technical concepts for non-lawyers and push back constructively without creating deal friction
Comfortable with significant autonomy in a lean, fast-moving legal function; knows when to own and when to escalate
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

commercial agreementsenterprise agreementsdata privacyGDPRCCPAsecurity provisionsnegotiationcontract managementproduct counselM&A transactions

Soft Skills

clear communicationdirect communicationnegotiation skillsautonomymentorshipadvocacycollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitythought leadership

Certifications

JDactive bar membership