Commercial Counsel

Commercial Counsel

Socket is looking for a Commercial Counsel to substantially increase our commercial contracting outcomes. You'll join a lean legal team handling around 60 contracts a month, and you'll be the person sales pulls in to get deals done: fast, collaborative with customers, and always within Socket's risk positions. You'll operate with high agency and minimal direction, use AI and automation to multiply your output, and set a new benchmark for what commercial counsel looks like at Socket.

Partner closely with sales from early in the deal cycle, shaping terms before redlines arrive and helping the team win. Own a meaningful share of Socket's commercial contracts, driving faster turnaround and fewer deals stalled or escalated in legal. Negotiate directly with customers and their counsel in a way that's fair, responsive and relationship-building. Keep deals within Socket's approved risk positions, and escalate genuine exceptions to the CEO with a clear recommendation. Use Socket's existing contracting systems, AI tools and automation to handle more volume and reduce reliance on contractors. Find creative deal structures that unblock stuck negotiations.

Required: Licensed attorney with substantial experience negotiating high-volume commercial agreements (MSAs, order forms, DPAs, NDAs) at a SaaS or technology company. Proven track record of partnering with sales teams and improving contract velocity. Sound, commercially grounded risk judgement across liability, indemnities, IP, data protection and payment terms. Ability to operate with high agency and minimal direction.

Preferred: Experience at a security, developer tools or infrastructure company. Hands-on use of AI and automation tools to increase legal productivity. Experience negotiating directly with enterprise customers and their counsel.

Our interview process includes a phone screen with our talent team, a virtual face-to-face with the hiring manager, a presentation, virtual face-to-face meetings with a few members of the team, a final call with our founder, references, and an offer.

Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer market competitive salary bands, a meaningful equity program, comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage), flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge, paid parental leave, and remote-first with quarterly team off-sites.

At Socket, we pursue excellence, move with urgency and focus, think rigorously, trust and amplify, feel a strong sense of ownership, and are customer obsessed.