Legal Counsel

Reducto•San Francisco, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Reducto is seeking its first in-house Legal Counsel to build the commercial and legal infrastructure for a fast-growing AI document platform. This role involves collaborating closely with founders and the go-to-market team to manage contracts end-to-end, advise across the business, and establish scalable legal processes and templates. It's a high-impact position where the counsel will shape the legal operations from the outset.

Requirements

Hold yourself to a high bar for quality and precision.
4+ years of legal experience with a strong track record drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
Comfortable being the only lawyer in the room and making pragmatic calls independently.
Generalist mindset and willingness to tackle problems outside core expertise.
Clear communication with both technical and non-technical teams and ability to build trust quickly across functions.
Ability to operate well in fast-moving, high-growth environments and balance attention to detail with the pace of the business.
Fluent use of AI tools and a track record of using them to improve efficiency and process.

Nice To Haves

Prior in-house experience at a B2B SaaS or AI company.
Experience building legal infrastructure from scratch, including templates, playbooks, and contract systems.
Understanding of how AI technologies intersect with privacy, IP, and competition law.
Experience navigating international legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts including customer agreements, MSAs, SaaS subscriptions, SOWs, NDAs, and vendor contracts.
Create new form agreements where none exist.
Partner closely with the sales team as a responsive, solution-oriented advisor to facilitate deal closures.
Build and maintain scalable legal infrastructure: standard templates, a negotiation playbook, approval workflows, and a contract management system.
Provide pragmatic legal and regulatory guidance to teams across the company, from early-stage project development through launch.
Stay current on laws and regulations relevant to AI products, including data privacy, IP, and consumer protection, and ensure compliance.
Manage outside counsel relationships and maintain focused and efficient legal spend.