ByteDance
Senior AI Legal Counsel - AI Legal
Washington D.C., District of Columbia · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school
About the job
Provides global legal and regulatory guidance for AI products and frontier models, helping teams manage emerging risks and launch products responsibly.
What you'll do
- Identify and resolve legal issues related to emerging and frontier AI risks, and develop legal strategies for AI businesses.
- Work with product, Trust and Safety, legal, AI safety, public relations, and government relations teams on compliance solutions for frontier AI models.
- Track global AI regulatory requirements and trends and support product-team implementation.
What they ask for
- Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
- Strong knowledge of legal challenges in frontier and emerging AI risk areas, including CBRN, cyber, loss of control, IP, privacy, bias, and AI transparency.
- Proven experience counseling on AI and ML, IP, and cybersecurity.
- Demonstrated success shaping policy outcomes or market launches for novel technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience in both private practice and in-house at a technology platform company.
- Flexibility to attend meetings outside office hours.
AI focus
Legal counseling and risk governance for AI products and frontier models, including emerging risks, compliance, safety, privacy, intellectual property, and regulation.
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