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Commercial Counsel

Work from home

Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.

United States only

From the listing details: Source listing states candidate location: "United States, Remote"

Employer listed it 4 weeks ago · Added 4 weeks ago

Been open since 4 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.

Salary

$140k to $180k per year

Location

United States only

Timezone

US East

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Mid

What the advert says

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Working hours: Not mentioned in the advert
Where you can work from: Location eligibility not confirmed
Contract: Not mentioned in the advert
Experience asked for: Not mentioned in the advert
Pay: Market competitive salary bands

Remote flexibility

Work from home

This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.

What the employer says

Source listing states candidate location: "United States, Remote"

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Residency required in United States
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About the role

About Us

Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!)

Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh , a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $ 125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders.

About the Role

Socket is looking for a Commercial Counsel to substantially increase our commercial contracting outcomes. You'll join a lean legal team handling around 60 contracts a month, and you'll be the person sales pulls in to get deals done: fast, collaborative with customers, and always within Socket's risk positions. You'll operate with high agency and minimal direction, use AI and automation to multiply your output, and set a new benchmark for what commercial counsel looks like at Socket.

What You'll Do

Partner closely with sales from early in the deal cycle, shaping terms before redlines arrive and helping the team win

Own a meaningful share of Socket's commercial contracts, driving faster turnaround and fewer deals stalled or escalated in legal

Negotiate directly with customers and their counsel in a way that's fair, responsive and relationship-building

Keep deals within Socket's approved risk positions, and escalate genuine exceptions to the CEO with a clear recommendation

Use Socket's existing contracting systems, AI tools and automation to handle more volume and reduce reliance on contractors

Find creative deal structures that unblock stuck negotiations

What You'll Bring

Required:

Licensed attorney with substantial experience working in a high-velocity environment working with SaaS or technology company contracts

Proven track record of delivering timely outcomes with excellent service and communication

Sound, commercially grounded risk judgement across liability, indemnities, IP, data protection and payment terms

Ability to operate with high agency and minimal direction

Clear, concise communicator who can explain legal trade-offs to sales and business colleagues.

Preferred:

Experience at a security, developer tools or infrastructure company

Hands-on use of AI and automation tools to increase legal productivity

Experience negotiating directly with enterprise customers and their counsel

Our Interview Process

Requirements

·Licensed attorney with substantial experience working in a high-velocity environment working with SaaS or technology company contracts
·Proven track record of delivering timely outcomes with excellent service and communication
·Sound, commercially grounded risk judgement across liability, indemnities, IP, data protection and payment terms
·Ability to operate with high agency and minimal direction
·Clear, concise communicator who can explain legal trade-offs to sales and business colleagues.

Benefits

·Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
·Paid parental leave
·Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites
·Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.
·Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.

How to apply

1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
2Tailor your CV to the role at Socket, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 28d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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