AfterQuery
Corporate Counsel
$225K–$250K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Experience
- 3–6 years spanning both commercial contracts and employment law.
- Education
- JD
About the job
Serve as AfterQuery’s first in-house corporate counsel, handling commercial contracts and employment law matters while coordinating specialized and high-stakes issues with outside counsel.
What you'll do
- Draft and negotiate data, customer, vendor, and employment agreements; maintain contract templates and playbooks.
- Advise Sales, Finance, and People teams on deal terms, employment matters, worker classification, and compliance.
- Triage legal questions, escalate specialized matters to outside counsel, and help manage outside counsel relationships and budget.
What they ask for
- JD and active California bar admission.
- 3–6 years of experience spanning both commercial contracts and employment law.
- Strong judgment, ability to work independently with minimal oversight, and sound judgment on when to escalate.
- Strong written and verbal communication and experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and People teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/data companies, data or technology licensing, or technology transactions with hyperscalers/cloud providers.
- First or second legal hire at a startup; experience with Pulley, Carta, or Gusto.
Pay
$225K – $250K USD base salary
Tools
Pulley, Carta, Gusto
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