Sr. In-House Counsel

Tenstorrent•Boston, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. Tenstorrent is hiring a Senior In-House Counsel to own key legal functions and serve as a hands-on partner to teams across the organization. In this role, you will take end-to-end ownership of the areas you support—guiding teams through the entire contract lifecycle, from intake and drafting through negotiation, execution, and ongoing management—while minimizing legal and compliance risk and serving as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, external partners, and vendors. We seek someone who is adaptable, hands-on, and comfortable pivoting in a fast-paced startup environment. You will independently own competing priorities across commercial contracting, data privacy and security, compliance, and broader business matters, building the processes and playbooks that help the business move quickly and confidently. This role is hybrid or remote and can be based out of Santa Clara, CA, Boston, MA, Toronto, ON or Austin, TX. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Requirements

A JD and active state bar membership.
5+ years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department.
Experience in a technology, semiconductor, hardware, chip manufacturing, or supplier environment is strongly preferred.
Experience drafting, structuring, negotiating, executing, and managing complex commercial agreements across the full contract lifecycle (MSAs, SOWs, software and technology licenses, SaaS and cloud services agreements, NDAs, data processing (DPA) and AI addenda, hardware sales, channel partner agreements, marketing arrangements, and vendor/supplier agreements), including the templates, playbooks, and fallback positions that let the business contract at scale.
Experience drafting and negotiating supply chain and manufacturing agreements, including foundry, manufacturing, procurement, supply, logistics, and third-party logistics (3PL) agreements.
Experience advising on global data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and cross-border data transfer issues: DPAs, SCCs and transfer mechanisms, security terms, audit rights, breach and incident notification, and permitted data use, under frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, and APPI.
Experience providing practical legal advice across functions (Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Security, IT, People, and Operations), with exceptional negotiation and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

Adaptable, hands-on, and comfortable pivoting in a fast-paced startup environment.
Practical, solutions-oriented advisor who balances business priorities with thoughtful risk management.
Commercial contracting generalist who moves comfortably across various agreement types.
Builder, not just a reviewer, who creates templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and CLM workflows.
Owner and a people-first communicator who carries work end to end, manages competing priorities independently, pivots quickly, and communicates with clarity and purpose.

Responsibilities

Take end-to-end ownership of key legal functions, guiding teams through the entire contract lifecycle, from intake and drafting through negotiation, execution, and ongoing management.
Minimize legal and compliance risk and serve as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, external partners, and vendors.
Independently own competing priorities across commercial contracting, data privacy and security, compliance, and broader business matters.
Build the processes and playbooks that help the business move quickly and confidently.
Draft, structure, negotiate, execute, and manage complex commercial agreements across the full contract lifecycle (MSAs, SOWs, software and technology licenses, SaaS and cloud services agreements, NDAs, data processing (DPA) and AI addenda, hardware sales, channel partner agreements, marketing arrangements, and vendor/supplier agreements).
Draft and negotiate supply chain and manufacturing agreements, including foundry, manufacturing, procurement, supply, logistics, and third-party logistics (3PL) agreements.
Advise on global data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and cross-border data transfer issues: DPAs, SCCs and transfer mechanisms, security terms, audit rights, breach and incident notification, and permitted data use, under frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, and APPI.
Provide practical legal advice across functions (Leadership, Engineering, Product, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Security, IT, People, and Operations).