Legal Counsel

About Happyrobot

HappyRobot is the AI-native operating system for the real economy - a system that closes the circuit between intelligence and action. By combining real-time truth, specialized AI workers, and an orchestrating intelligence, we help enterprises run complex, mission-critical operations with true autonomy.

Our AI OS compounds knowledge, optimizes at every level, and evolves over time. We're starting with supply chain and industrial-scale operations, where resilience, speed, and continuous improvement matter most - freeing humans to focus on strategy, creativity, and other high-value tasks.

You can learn more about our vision in our Manifesto https://www.happyrobot.ai/blog/manifesto. HappyRobot has raised $62M to date, including our most recent $44M Series B in September 2025. Our investors include Y Combinator (YC), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Base10 - partners who believe in our mission to redefine how enterprises operate. We're channeling this investment into building a world-class team: people with relentless drive, sharp problem-solving skills, and the passion to push limits in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. If this resonates, you belong at HappyRobot.

About the Role

We're looking for a smart, practical, and business-oriented Legal Counsel to support our growing business with a focus on intellectual property and commercial agreements. This role will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, sales, partnerships, and operations teams to ensure our IP is protected and our commercial arrangements are sound, scalable, and aligned with our strategic goals.

Responsibilities

- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, licensing agreements, vendor agreements, reseller agreements, partnership agreements, Order Forms, DPAs, NDAs, and services agreements.

- Advise internal stakeholders on commercial, intellectual property, and data privacy matters related to product development, partnerships, customer relationships, and business operations.

- Review and negotiate data processing agreements (DPAs) and advise on compliance with US data privacy laws and regulations, including CCPA/CPRA and other applicable state privacy frameworks.

- Support the company's intellectual property strategy, including trademark, copyright, patent, trade secret, and IP ownership matters.

- Assist with open-source software compliance, employee and contractor IP assignment matters, and IP diligence processes.

- Build, improve, and maintain legal templates, negotiation playbooks, internal policies, and scalable contracting workflows to increase operational efficiency.

- Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that balances risk mitigation with commercial objectives and enables business growth.

- Monitor legal and regulatory developments related to commercial law, intellectual property, SaaS businesses, and data privacy, and assess their impact on the company.

- Support fundraising, due diligence, and other strategic corporate initiatives as needed.

- Manage external counsel effectively when specialized legal support is required.

Requirements

- Admitted to and in good standing with the bar of at least one US state.

- 6+ years of relevant legal experience, ideally combining experience at a reputable law firm and an in-house legal team at a startup or high-growth technology company.

- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS agreements, MSAs, enterprise agreements, NDAs, DPAs, Order Forms and other commercial contracts.

- Solid understanding of US data privacy laws and regulations, including CCPA/CPRA and other state-specific privacy requirements.

- Experience handling intellectual property matters, including trademarks, patents, copyright, licensing, and IP ownership issues.

- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills with a pragmatic, solution-oriented, and risk-based approach.

- Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business priorities.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and high contract volume efficiently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and execution with attention to detail and urgency.

- Proven ability to work cross-functionally and build trusted relationships with business stakeholders.

Nice to Have

- Experience supporting fundraising transactions, due diligence exercises, and broader corporate legal matters.

- Familiarity with employment law and general corporate governance matters.

- Experience creating and implementing legal automation processes, templates, and operational workflows.

- Background in software, AI/ML, digital content, or other technology-driven industries.

Why join us?

- Opportunity to work at a high-growth AI startup, backed by top investors.

- Rapidly growing and backed by top investors