Senior Corporate Counsel, CoreWeave
Legal
$180-242k
OTE
$143-220k
BASE
+ Discretionary bonus and equity
More information about location
The essential cloud for AI
Job no longer available
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180-242k
OTE
$143-220k
BASE
+ Discretionary bonus and equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To manage the complexities of AI growth to make supercomputing accessible and push the limits of what's possible.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have experience scaling companies in a high-growth, tech, startup environment
- At least 6 years of relevant corporate experience, with a focus on governance, corporate transactions, and securities
- Substantial in-house experience at a tech startup or publicly-traded company, with relevant prior experience from a top law firm
- Ability to be the primary in-house attorney on certain corporate projects, including handling multiple matters simultaneously
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people, collaborate with diverse business groups, and build interdepartmental relationships at all levels, including senior-level executives and members of the Board of Directors
- Assertion, when appropriate, to challenge and be challenged both internally and with clients in a constructive and respectful way
- Advanced problem solving skills to quickly digest a problem, evaluate solutions, and then empower others to deliver
- Excellent drafting, project management, legal interpretation, and research skills
- A commitment to professional conduct, excellence and meticulous attention to detail, sometimes under time pressure
- Ability to balance legal risk mitigation against key business objectives and risks
- Ability to manage outside counsel efficiently
- J.D. degree & membership in at least one state bar (New York, New Jersey, California, Washington D.C., or Washington preferred)
- This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process
What the job involves
- CoreWeave is seeking a dynamic Senior Corporate Counsel to join our Legal team
- If hired, you will work on a broad range of corporate matters, including managing foreign and domestic legal entities, director and executive governance matters, employee equity, and employment matters
- You will also support corporate development, securities, and other matters
- You will report to the Deputy General Counsel, Corporate and you will work closely with key stakeholders, including Treasury, Tax, Finance, Accounting, People, Corporate Development and Securities
- You will join a proactive and deeply engaged team that values collaboration and innovative problem-solving
- We take a practical, efficient, solution-oriented approach to everything we do and aim to build strong and trusting relationships with our team, leadership, and cross-functional partners
- This is a great opportunity to join CoreWeave's growing legal team and work on cutting-edge issues
- Lead on international governance matters, including forming and maintaining legal entities, filings, corporate restructurings, and intercompany agreements
- Support director and officer onboarding and offboarding, prepare board resolutions, consents, minutes, materials and policies, and assist with D&O questionnaires, related party transactions, conflicts of interest and other governance matters
- Support the Stock Administration team with the company’s equity plan, including plan design, equity awards, and foreign equity compliance
- Support the People team with global executive compensation, equity matters, employment agreements, policies and handbooks, disputes, and other employment matters
- Support a variety of corporate transactions in the U.S. and internationally, as needed, including M&A, joint ventures, partnerships, and financings
- Support Securities processes, as needed
- Help build a robust corporate compliance program, including enhancing and maintaining corporate policies, processes, and training programs with scalable frameworks
- Conduct legal research on a variety of complex corporate governance issues
- Work collaboratively to prioritize business objectives and support overall company success
- Work efficiently with outside counsel, as needed
- Support other projects, as needed
Our take
As AI continues to dominate the tech landscape, the demand for faster, more efficient cloud infrastructure is only intensifying. Traditional cloud providers often struggle with the sheer speed and scale required to power advanced AI models, leaving a gap for more specialized players. And that's where CoreWeave comes in, a company purpose-built to handle the heavy computational lift that the AI era demands.
CoreWeave's story is an interesting one too. What began in 2017 as a small crypto mining venture has evolved into one of the leading AI-focused cloud providers in the world. Its data centers are packed with high-end GPUs optimized for machine learning and generative AI, serving major clients like Microsoft and OpenAI. By designing its infrastructure around the needs of modern AI workloads rather than retrofitting older systems, CoreWeave has carved out a distinct and highly valuable niche in the market.
That focus in paying off in a big way too. Analyst project CoreWeave's revenue to soar from $5.3B in 2025 to the mid-$20Bs by 2028, up from just $16M in 2022. While there is competition from tech giants like Amazon and Google, CoreWeave's speed, specialization, and bold investment strategy put in in avery powerful position to keep riding (and helping shape) the AI boom.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
194% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2024
$1.1bn
SERIES C
May 2023
$200m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.7bn
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
- Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
- 401(k) with a generous employer match
- Flexible PTO
- Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
- A casual work environment
- A work culture focused on innovative disruption
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Intrator
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Michael was a Principal Portfolio Manager at Natsource Asset Management for over 15 years. He also served as the CEO of Hudson Ridge Asset Management before co-founding CoreWeave in 2018.
Brian Venturo
(Co-Founder & CSO)Brian spent nearly 6 years at Natsource Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager before becoming a Partner at Hudson Ridge Asset Management. After co-founding CoreWeave he served as the CTO until 2024 when he moved into his current role of Chief Strategy Officer.
Brannin McBee
(Co-Founder & CDO)Brannin has a history in Proprietary Trading, having previously worked at Windy Bay Power and Active Power Investments. He also served as a VP at Fourth Floor Coastal and as an Associate at Elustria Capital PArtners.
Peter Salanki
(Co-Founder & CTO)Peter Previously served as a Director of Americas at Sandvine. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Procera Networks as a Solutions Architect, Lead Architect, and Principal Solutions Architect.
Nitin Agrawal
(CFO)Nitin joined CoreWeave in 2024 as CFO. Prior to this, he was the VP of Finance at Google Cloud and CFO at Mapbox. He also spent nearly 5 years at AWS as CFO of Compute Services and 7 years at Microsoft as Group Manager of Finance.
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