Commercial and Product Counsel

Arceus•San Francisco, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Arceus is building a legal infrastructure layer for modern companies, combining experienced attorneys with intelligent technology to deliver legal services across commercial, product, privacy, procurement, and operational work. The Commercial and Product Counsel will help scale contract review and legal operations, working directly with customers as an extension of their in-house teams and delivering practical, business-first advice. This is a high-responsibility, detail-focused role at the intersection of law and technology, with an emphasis on efficient execution, complex systems, and improving how legal services are delivered. The role includes reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts; advising on product and privacy matters; working with customers, legal teams, product teams, engineering, and operations; and using internal tooling to improve review speed and accuracy. The counsel will identify process inefficiencies, codify recurring contract types and review playbooks, uphold quality standards, and protect turnaround and SLA commitments. The position is in person in San Francisco and involves long hours alongside the team, including Saturdays collaborating on product.

Requirements

J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in California.
5–8 years of experience practicing law, with significant experience supporting technology companies.
Experience as in-house counsel or sole legal counsel.
Experience in corporate, commercial, product, and privacy law.
Impeccable attention to detail.
Ability to thrive in high-intensity, fast-paced environments and consistently operate with urgency.
Willingness to work in a fast-paced, in-person environment, put in long hours alongside the team, and spend Saturdays collaborating on product.
Strong grounding in professional responsibility and legal ethics.
Excellent written and verbal communication.

Nice To Haves

Emerging company/venture capital exposure.
Experience with, or strong interest in, AI-assisted legal workflows.
Experience as the sole counsel or first legal hire at a company.

Responsibilities

Review and negotiate commercial contracts.
Advise on product and privacy matters across the day-to-day needs of growing technology companies.
Partner with legal and product teams to move contracts through efficiently and accurately.
Interpret contract terms and surface key obligations, risks, and anomalies.
Operate internal tooling to streamline legal review.
Partner with product and engineering to make the platform faster and more accurate.
Identify inefficiencies and patterns in the review process and address them.
Standardize and codify recurring contract types, review playbooks, and quality standards.
Protect turnaround and service-level agreement commitments.
Partner with operations to evolve legal service delivery as the company scales.
Document review playbooks for recurring contract types, privacy, and product inquiries.