Commercial Legal Associate

Job Description

Job Description

We're quickly growing and super excited for you to join us!

About Topsort

At Topsort, we believe in the mission of democratizing the secret technologies of the walled gardens and creating a privacy-first cookie-free world of clean advertising with modern tech, friendly products, and AI. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed

Today, Topsort has 6 major hubs worldwide, and employees in 13+ countries, including Menlo Park, Boston, Santiago Chile, Sao Paulo Brazil, Barcelona Spain, and Sydney Australia. We are a truly global company that was born in the pandemic that's had rapid growth since out of a genius product, a customer-first mentality, and a hardworking team of talented individuals. Since our founding in 2021, we've gained customers in retail, marketplaces, and delivery apps in 40+ countries and quickly approaching the #1 position in the industry.

Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? Do you like seeing your work create real-time impact, being part of a rocket ship from the very beginning? Let's do the unimaginable - let's make ads clean and cool again, with AI and modern technology.

Why Topsort? Why now?

Topsort is changing the way Retail Media works. By joining our scaling team, you'll feel your impact from day 1. The processes and messaging you build today will be a critical part of our foundation as we accelerate toward 200 Topsorters worldwide, and your innovations will leave a lasting mark on the industry, as a whole. Retail Media is on the verge of a new era, and Topsort is gathering the ecosystem together to shape a brighter future. Joining us now, you'll work directly alongside our co-founders and founding members to bring on Retail Media 3.0. If you're looking to define your career as something greater than yourself, come scale with us.

What it's like to work at Topsort

Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. It's a sports team that's hyper focused on winning, collaborative internally, and competitive externally - never the other way around. We thrive on working in the open, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.

What is this role like

We're looking for a Commercial Legal Associate to join our growing global team. This role is focused on helping our commercial engine move faster. You'll own the day-to-day execution of customer and vendor contracts, coordinate negotiations, manage contract redlines, and work closely with Sales, Security, Finance, and Procurement to keep deals moving. This is not a traditional legal research or litigation role. Instead, we're looking for someone who enjoys working on commercial agreements, thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, and can balance legal risk with business practicality.

If you're highly organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and excited about supporting a rapidly growing company, we'd love to hear from you.

What you will do

• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, including:
• Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
• Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
• Security Addendums
• NDAs
• Vendor agreements
• Manage contract redlines and coordinate revisions with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
• Partner closely with Sales to support customer negotiations and help accelerate deal cycles.
• Coordinate procurement and vendor onboarding processes.
• Work cross-functionally with Legal, Security, Finance, People, and Operations to resolve contract issues efficiently.
• Maintain contract documentation and improve legal processes, templates, and playbooks.
• Identify recurring negotiation themes and recommend scalable improvements to contract workflows.
• Help ensure commercial agreements align with company policies and risk guidelines.

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in the U.S.2–3 years of experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts in-house or at a law firm.
• Experience working with SaaS, software, technology, or B2B commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of commercial contract fundamentals, including MSAs, DPAs, and procurement processes.
• Comfortable managing contract negotiations and redlines independently.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Able to prioritize multiple agreements simultaneously in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and business-minded approach to legal work.
• Comfortable partnering with Sales and other cross-functional teams.
• Professional proficiency in multiple languages is a plus, particularly when supporting global commercial agreements.

What We Value
At Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:

• Deep dive into details : Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
• Team first : A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
• You thrive with ambiguity : Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
• Adaptability : Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
• Urgency : A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
• Curiosity : Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.

Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!