Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal
About the role
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world's fastest growing technology companies. AWS provides cloud computing services and IT infrastructure trusted by millions of customers around the world - including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies.
This role will provide a blend of counseling and transactional support to teams dedicated to engineering, supply chain, and procurement of the technology that all AWS cloud services and customers rely upon. Over time, you will learn about the business to understand and anticipate the key risks we face, partner with your clients to develop and execute appropriate mitigation strategies, and ultimately help chart long-term strategy for AWS infrastructure. We expect this role to own and deliver on diverse and complex transactions and projects simultaneously.
Responsibilities
- Providing business-line counseling to infrastructure engineering and supply chain teams to enable the development, manufacture, deployment, and maintenance of AWS cloud infrastructure technology globally for our customers
- Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial and technology-related agreements, including development, supply, manufacturing services, software licensing, services, and other bespoke agreements
- Supporting and directly advising business partners on legal, commercial, operational, and other risks
- Developing, advising on, and implementing with the business vendor engagement, contractual, and negotiation strategies
- Collaborating cross-functionally to identify and resolve commercial, operational, compliance, regulatory, security, safety, legal, and customer/vendor issues
- Developing, reviewing and advising on standard operating procedures, forms, and internal policies
- Developing and delivering trainings and business-facing resources to enable teams to seamlessly develop, manufacture, and deliver products to our customers
Transactions include
- Hardware and software development agreements
- Technology licensing
- Supply, procurement, and manufacturing agreements
- SaaS and hosted services agreements
- Professional, operations, and support services agreements
Key areas of counsel
- Intellectual property (IP) hygiene
- IP protection and licensing
- Vendor engagement and negotiation strategies
Basic Qualifications
- 2+ years of legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalent
- Knowledge of IT/technology transactions or equivalent
- Experience managing and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
Pay
USA, WA, Seattle - 131,500.00 - 178,000.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave