# Senior Counsel, Commercial & Product at Thinking Machines

- Company: Thinking Machines
- What the company does: Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
- Company website: https://thinkingmachines.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $300K to $360K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thinkingmachines/919c3fa0-9c77-4770-b839-18492a4dbe6c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thinking-machines-senior-counsel-commercial-and-product/

## About the role

We’re looking for an attorney to lead the agreements that support our research and products, and support our compliance and counseling for those activities.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant expertise in technology transactions and IP and privacy issues
- Client counseling skills, with the ability to exercise judgment under uncertainty and communicate practical, solution-focused advice
- Experience working directly with technical staff and technical counterparties
- Preferred qualifications—we encourage you to apply if you meet some but not all of these:
- In-house experience at a technology company shipping products with novel legal risk, ideally on legal issues for AI products, services, or research, with knowledge of the research development lifecycle
- Experience negotiating and drafting agreements involving enterprise technology products, data licensing, research collaborations and grant programs, safety partnerships, or product integrations, ideally for AI products, services, or research

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