Counsel, Infrastructure

Fluidstack•Austin, TX

6d•$300,000 - $400,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, aiming to deliver 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else. This involves rethinking every layer of the stack, from acquiring power and designing data centers to operating them. The company values extreme ownership, velocity, first principles thinking, and a passion for the problem space. The legal team plays a crucial role in enabling this rapid buildout by establishing the legal and compliance function from scratch, structuring complex deals in weeks, and managing legal risks from first principles. The team operates with a lean structure, owning everything and inventing solutions for novel business structures.

Requirements

Hold an active license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction and can meet admission requirements where you will practice.
Have autonomously structured, drafted, and negotiated complex commercial agreements as lead attorney, against sophisticated counterparties, in areas that map directly to data center development: supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, technology transactions, or similar.
Have personally made sound, commercially pragmatic calls in ambiguous, high-stakes situations, and colleagues can point to deals where your judgment changed the outcome.
Have overseen outside counsel across multiple disciplines and held them to a rigorous bar on scope, quality, and spend.
Write and speak clearly enough to turn a dense legal issue into a decision and a next step for an executive or a counterparty.

Nice To Haves

A mix of law firm and in-house experience.
Using AI to improve legal work and efficiency.
In-house experience at a data center developer or cloud company.

Responsibilities

Structure, draft, and negotiate the commercial agreements behind Fluidstack’s data center buildout, across supply chain, manufacturing, and procurement.
Run complex negotiations with sophisticated counterparties end to end, balancing legal risk against the speed our business demands.
Manage outside counsel across substantive disciplines with rigor on scope, quality, and spend.
Quarterback transactions cross-functionally with supply chain, procurement, and delivery teams so deals never stall.
Advise business leaders as a strategic partner, anticipating legal and commercial issues before they arise and having solutions ready.