Legal, Partnerships

About this role

Senior attorney supporting strategic partnerships and go-to-market deals across the AI ecosystem. The role owns negotiations end to end and advises on model licensing, integrations, and other novel legal issues as the business and market evolve.

About the company

Baseten is an inference cloud that helps companies run and scale AI models in production with flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.

The team

Legal, partnering with Partnerships and GTM.

What you'll do

• Own partnership agreements from structuring through completion.
• Lead negotiations with partner counsel and executive stakeholders.
• Explain model-license terms and their application to Baseten products.
• Develop legal frameworks for integrations and technology partnerships.
• Create templates, playbooks, and enablement materials.
• Track AI legal and regulatory developments and advise on evolving positions.
• Mentor colleagues and support enterprise deals, M&A, and other strategic work.

What we're looking for

• JD and active bar membership in good standing.
• 8+ years of technology transactions or partnerships experience, including in-house experience at an AI-native, cloud, or developer-infrastructure company.
• Experience closing complex partnership, licensing, or distribution deals.
• Fluency in open-source and open-weight model licenses.
• Commercial judgment, clear communication, and ability to negotiate novel deals independently.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI tools and building legal workflows.
• Model licensing or distribution experience at a frontier lab, hyperscaler, or AI platform.
• Experience with marketplace, gateway, or reseller arrangements.
• Experience with international partners and cross-border deals.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity.
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO and company-wide winter break.
• Paid parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building stipend.
• Company-facilitated 401(k) for U.S. employees.