Co-designed chips, racks, and software to push the pareto frontier to best-in-class throughput and interactivity. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
About the role
Lead and grow our legal team: hire exceptional people, develop existing team members, and establish clear ownership, priorities, and performance expectations. Build consistent legal practices across the company, including intake and prioritization, contract templates, negotiation playbooks, approval thresholds, and escalation paths. Enable teams to handle routine matters independently within clear guardrails. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Substantial experience advising high-growth technology companies, in-house or at a leading law firm
- A track record of hiring, developing, and leading high-performing legal teams
- Deep expertise in commercial negotiations, corporate governance, and financings
- Experience building legal processes that improve speed and quality without adding bureaucracy
- Strong business judgment, concise communication, and a willingness to personally own difficult work across a broad scope
- A JD and active bar admission, California preferred
More about this role
About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference . Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Head of Legal / General Counsel to lead and scale Etched’s legal function. You will lead our existing team, hire and develop exceptional talent, and build the processes, automation, and operating standards that help the company move quickly as we scale. You will own our legal strategy and execution, serve as a key partner to the executive team, and lead our legal preparation for an IPO.This is a hands-on leadership role. We expect you to build a high-performing team while personally owning our most consequential negotiations and legal decisions. Success means making the company faster and more effective through clear judgment, strong execution, and systems that work.
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