# Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial (US East) at Kong

- Company: Kong
- What the company does: Backed by Index, NEA and a16z.
- Company website: http://konghq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $171K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kong/8c043c1e-1286-46ce-b739-3efcb37df1b0
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kong-senior-corporate-counsel-commercial-us-east/

## About the role

We are looking for an experienced attorney to join as an early member of Kong’s commercial legal team, responsible for helping support Kong’s strategic sales growth in the Americas East region and provide support to the AMER team as it grows. In this role, you will be a trusted strategic partner to the Americas East revenue team. You will draft, structure and negotiate customer contracts with some of the world’s biggest brands in financial services, technology, e-commerce and other industries.

## What they're looking for

- Great judgment, and an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships within the company, with customers, and others
- Working knowledge of intellectual property, data governance and information security/privacy matters

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