# Head of Legal at Inferact

- Company: Inferact
- What the company does: Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the world. Backed by Sequoia and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://inferact.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inferact/894029d4-5381-4fd7-9b28-eed06307f796
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inferact-head-of-legal/

## About the role

Inferact's mission is to grow vLLM as the world's AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster. Founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM, we sit at the intersection of models and hardware, a position that took years to build.

## What they're looking for

- J.D. or equivalent, with active bar admission and good standing in at least one relevant jurisdiction
- 6+ years of legal experience at a technology company, infrastructure or AI business, or a top law firm advising sophisticated tech clients. Prior GC experience is not required
- Experience building or scaling a legal function from 0 to 1, or operating as the sole or first lawyer supporting a fast-growing company
- Strong commercial contracting experience: able to independently draft, negotiate, and close enterprise customer, cloud and compute vendor, partnership, and technology licensing agreements
- Experience managing outside counsel efficiently, with clear internal ownership and a bias toward keeping matters moving
- Hands-on execution mindset—comfortable personally drafting, reviewing, and negotiating in a technically complex, fast-moving startup

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