Startup Lawyer

About the role

Tenstorrent is looking for a “smarter than the average bear” expert in their field prepared to make decisions, write, build processes, and fully engage our non-legal partners to grow our business together. In this role, you will usher in the growth phase of Tenstorrent against the backdrop of the highly-regulated, evolving-by-the-day, and “in the spotlight” AI industry. The ideal candidate is seeking out the challenge of a fast-paced startup, is curious to learn about (arguably) the most complicated product on the planet, and brings some fun with their hard work.

Responsibilities

• Make decisions and write legal documents.
• Build processes to support a growing business.
• Engage non‑legal partners (finance, procurement, sales, security, IT, people, engineering, operations) to enable autonomous, confident movement.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree.
• Active membership in at least one state bar.
• 7+ years of experience in a law firm or in‑house legal department.
• Ability to advise on a broad range of legal issues including intellectual property, sales, marketing, patent portfolio management, trademarks, standards participation, business development, M&A, recruiting, and procurement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in learning about complicated things.
• Demonstrated interest to build processes that improve a growing business.
• A point of view and willingness to engage others’ points of view.

Skills

• Technology and business curiosity.
• A “figure‑it‑outer” mindset.
• Expertise (or willingness to become an expert) in technology transactions.
• Clear communication.
• Team‑oriented – someone others want to have on their team.

Pay

Compensation ranges from $100k to $500k (base plus variable targets), with actual offers based on experience, skills, education, background, and location.

Schedule

Hybrid role based out of Santa Clara, CA.