Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon • Santa Monica, CA

6d • $131,500 - $178,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support the Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) Sales, Marketing, and Global Services legal team. This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership, support complex cloud technology transactions, and find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base. The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. The successful candidate works well within a large legal team, but is also able to work independently on transactional and project work.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
• 2+ years of legal experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with in-house work at a technology or internet company
• Knowledge of and experience with cloud infrastructure technologies
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts

Responsibilities

• Primary transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex, high-value, strategic negotiations)
• Provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members
• Participate in other AWS legal work streams, including managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships
• Advise on risk related to new business initiatives, and advise on pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level