Member of Legal Staff
- New York City, NY
- $175,000-210,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: New York City
Company Stage of Funding: Seed / Series A
Office Type: Onsite (5+ days/week)
Salary: $175,000 – $210,000 + Competitive EquityCompany Description Our client is a stealth-mode, VC-backed legal tech startup based in NYC that is transforming how legal services are delivered to fast-growing companies. By combining elite legal talent with proprietary AI workflows, they drastically accelerate contract review timelines—from 24–48 hours down to just 60 minutes. This is not a traditional law firm or an old-school legal department; here, legal is the product.Their mission is to reimagine what it means to provide commercial legal services in the AI era. You’ll be joining a small, ambitious team of lawyers and engineers who are obsessed with eliminating grunt work and scaling top-tier legal services with technology.What You Will Do
- Provide high-quality commercial legal services to fast-growing companies, including reviewing and negotiating SaaS agreements, NDAs, MSAs, and vendor contracts.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to test and improve internal AI tools that enhance legal workflows.
- Be an active contributor to a fast-paced legal product team, helping to define how legal services are structured, delivered, and evolved.
- Act as a legal thought partner to startup founders and operators, offering quick, business-aligned legal counsel.
- Occasionally respond to urgent contract review needs ("on-call" model), ensuring clients receive fast, accurate support.
- 2–3 years of experience at a top-tier law firm (e.g., Cravath, Debevoise, Cooley, Fenwick, Latham, WLRK, etc.).
- Strong experience reviewing and drafting commercial contracts, particularly SaaS or tech-related agreements.
- JD from a top 10 U.S. law school and undergraduate degree from a top university.
- Highly collaborative, low-ego, and excited about building something new in a fast-moving environment.
- Comfortable working fully onsite in NYC (Union Square) 5+ days a week.
- Previous experience in tech, consulting, finance, or entrepreneurship is a major plus.
- 1+ years of in-house experience at a high-growth tech company or startup.
- Familiarity with indemnification, limitation of liability, and other core commercial contract clauses.
- Exposure to or interest in artificial intelligence tools applied in legal settings.
- Experience working in a team experimenting with new technology or workflows in a services environment.
- Prior involvement in early-stage startup environments or team-building efforts.
- Base Salary: $175,000 – $210,000
- Competitive equity package
- Full-time W2 employment with benefits
- Office location in vibrant Union Square, NYC
- Opportunity to be a founding member of an elite legal team redefining an industry
- High-impact role at the intersection of law and technology
- Unique growth trajectory into product, leadership, or operational legal functions