Senior Counsel, Commercial Law

We're building it at Modal.
Every era of computing brought new workloads that previous infrastructure couldn't support: mainframes, databases, and the cloud. Our customers include category-defining companies like Ramp, Cognition, DoorDash, and Suno. We recently raised a $355M Series C at a $4.65B valuation, led by General Catalyst and Redpoint Ventures. Our team includes creators of popular open-source projects (e.g.,Seaborn,Lu i ), academic researchers, international olympiad medalists, and experienced engineering and product leaders with decades of experience.
We're looking for a Senior Commercial Counsel to join us as the first commercial lawyer at Modal. This is a high-impact role for someone who wants to draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements and build the templates, playbooks, and positions that guide our operations. You'll report to our General Counsel and collaborate closely with the Sales, BizOps, Finance and Engineering teams and help build the foundation for a small but growing legal team.
Own customer contracting, including MSAs, service orders, NDAs, DPAs, and BAAs - negotiating directly with customers and partnering with the Sales team throughout the full deal cycle
Build and maintain contract repositories, template libraries and contract playbooks
Partner with Legal operations on CLM management, including approval workflows and escalation logic
Review and revise operational policies, including terms of service, privacy policy, acceptable use, and website terms, and customer-facing marketing materials
8+ years of combined law firm and in-house experience negotiating commercial technology agreements, with meaningful time supporting an enterprise sales motion
Working knowledge of privacy and regulatory data protection frameworks, such as GDPR and HIPAA
Sound commercial judgment: you know how to balance risk with the business needs of a high-growth tech company
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