Corporate Counsel

Qualia•San Francisco, CA

4h•$200,000 - $230,000

About The Position

Qualia is hiring a Corporate Counsel to join its small Legal team, supporting legal matters across the business. This individual contributor role has two primary areas of ownership: corporate legal matters and commercial contracts. The Corporate Counsel reports to the Associate General Counsel, who leads commercial partnerships, corporate, and procurement legal work. On corporate matters, the role supports board and stockholder matters and legal workstreams for financings, M&A, and other corporate transactions. On commercial matters, the role drafts, negotiates, and advises on strategic partnership, customer, and procurement agreements, and helps business teams understand deal structure and risk. The position works directly with legal, finance, and business leaders; helps manage outside counsel; and helps maintain templates, playbooks, and processes, including through the use of AI tools. The role is based in San Francisco, California, with remote possibilities open for qualified candidates. Qualia also has physical office locations in Austin, Texas, and Concord, New Hampshire. The annual base salary is $200,000–$230,000, plus equity and benefits; salary depends on relevant experience, location, knowledge, skills, internal equity, and market data.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
3–6 years of corporate experience at a law firm and/or in-house at a technology company.
Hands-on corporate governance experience and exposure to venture financings, M&A diligence, and/or disclosure schedules.
Meaningful experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, such as partnership, SaaS/technology, and procurement contracts.
Solid understanding of intellectual property, data protection, and privacy issues in software agreements.
Strong issue-spotting instincts and ability to explain the significance of legal issues.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, including comfort advising senior stakeholders and pushing back constructively.
Ability to work collaboratively and independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Hands-on experience using generative AI tools such as Claude in legal work.

Responsibilities

Prepare board and stockholder consents, resolutions, and meeting materials, and maintain the corporate minute book and records.
Support equity management with Finance and People teams, including plan documents and stock transfers.
Manage subsidiaries and entity matters, including formations and officer and director appointments.
Support legal workstreams for financings, secondary transactions, and M&A, including due diligence and disclosure schedules.
Help scope and manage outside counsel.
Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including strategic partnership and vendor/SaaS agreements.
Partner with Procurement, Security, IT, and Finance on vendor review and contracting.
Advise business teams across sales, partnerships, finance, product, and operations on deal structure and risk, and explain legal issues clearly to non-lawyers.
Identify intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory issues in contracts and escalate them as appropriate.
Help develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, and guidelines, and provide internal teams with practical training on contracting basics and processes.