The CoreWeave Legal and Government Affairs (LGA) team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex legal landscapes while enabling innovation and growth. The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization.
As Senior Counsel, Commercial, you will support our rapidly growing Global Field Organization (GFO) business in its U.S. West region. If you're someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you.
About the role:Reporting to the Director and Managing Assistant General Counsel - Commercial Americas, you will partner closely with Sales, Product, Security, Privacy, Finance, and Operations teams to support complex commercial cloud sales SaaS and Infrastructure/IaaS transactions with enterprise customers and strategic partners. You will play a key role in negotiating agreements, advising on legal and commercial risk, and helping scale the legal processes that support CoreWeave's continued growth.
In this role, you will:
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial technology agreements with enterprise customers, including cloud services, SaaS, infrastructure/IaaS, software licensing, professional services, partnership, and data processing agreements.
- Partner closely with CoreWeave's GFO U.S. West Region teams to support enterprise sales cycles and drive customer transactions to successful outcomes.
- Serve as the trusted legal advisor and partner to the GFO U.S. West Region sales leadership team and account executives.
- Advise internal stakeholders on legal, privacy, and commercial risks arising from customer transactions and recommend practical solutions.
- Manage multiple concurrent transactions while balancing legal risk, business objectives, and operational efficiency for a fast-moving sales organization.
- Support strategic customer engagements by providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the transaction lifecycle.
- Identify and escalate novel, complex, or high-risk issues while exercising sound legal and business judgment.
- Help develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, policies, and processes that enable efficient and scalable support for a rapidly growing global business.
- Coordinate with outside counsel when needed to support specialized legal matters.
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- 8+ years experience gained from a law firm, and/or with in-house experience gained within a fast-paced technology company.
- Substantial commercial and complex technology contracting experience: Cloud, AI, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS.
- Experience with complex, high-value, or infrastructure-heavy transactions both within and outside of the US. Direct exposure to cross-border deal structures is a strong plus.
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills, sound commercial judgment, and clear written and verbal communication.
- You exercise independent judgment and excellent attention to detail.
- Comfortable operating at a fast pace with a high degree of independence across U.S. time zones.
- Experience counseling senior business leaders on business and legal risks.
- Track record of building or improving process, workflows, templates and playbooks to scale repeatable deal execution.
Wondering if you're a good fit?
We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match.
Why CoreWeave?At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
- Be Curious at Your Core
- Act Like an Owner
- Empower Employees
- Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
- Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The base salary range for this role is $157,000 to $210,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).
What We Offer
The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
- Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
- 401(k) with a generous employer match
- Flexible PTO
- Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
- A casual work environment
- A work culture focused on innovative disruption
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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations
CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.
As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: [email protected].
Export Control Compliance
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.
Skills Required
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years of experience gained from a law firm and/or in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company
- Substantial commercial and complex technology contracting experience, including Cloud, AI, SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS
- Experience with complex, high-value, or infrastructure-heavy transactions within and outside the United States
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- Sound commercial judgment and clear written and verbal communication
- Independent judgment and excellent attention to detail
- Ability to operate at a fast pace with independence across U.S. time zones
- Experience counseling senior business leaders on business and legal risks
- Track record of building or improving processes, workflows, templates, and playbooks for scalable deal execution
- Direct exposure to cross-border deal structures
What We Do
CoreWeave, the AI Hyperscaler™, delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI. The company's technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with cloud solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers across the US and Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.
Why Work With Us
At CoreWeave we work hard, have fun and move fast! Today we are a small, growing team of intelligent, genuine people, that value different perspectives and approaches to solving complex problems. We foster an environment that champions collaboration and prioritizes innovative solutions. Here, you are surrounded by the best.
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