Senior Counsel, Anaconda
Commercial Legal
$165-220k
+Bonus and Equity
Open-source data science platform
Be an early applicant
Open-source data science platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$165-220k
+Bonus and Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower people with data literacy, so they can ask better questions and make better sense of the world.
Role
Who you are
- JD or equivalent from an accredited law school and a license to practice in an applicable jurisdiction
- A minimum of 8 years of relevant legal experience
- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and intellectual property licenses, including SaaS, partnership, professional services, and vendor agreements
- Strong working knowledge of commercial law, IP law, data protection regulations and other regulatory requirements
- A track record of working collaboratively and building trusted strategic advisor relationships with internal clients
- Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to translate complex issues into practical, actionable guidance
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate cross-functionally, and drive resolution of open issues
- AI fluency - you've built a real tool, workflow, or process with AI that measurably improved speed or scale, and you're excited to bring that mindset here
- Willingness to operate as an individual contributor with the scrappy mentality needed to succeed in a high-growth company
Desirable
- Law firm and in-house experience
- Experience working at a company that is active in open source
- Knowledge or curiosity about the technology powering our products and services
- A bias towards proactive engagement - you seek stretch projects and jump in to help others out
- Experience thriving in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, ideally within a startup or with a demonstrated ability to adapt to rapid change
What the job involves
- Anaconda's Commercial Legal team closes deals with 95% of the Fortune 500, and this role sits right at the center of that engine
- We're looking for a Senior Counsel who can negotiate a $2M+ Fortune 100 agreement on Monday and ship the playbook that makes the next 50 deals easier by Friday
- This is a builder-closer seat. You'll move fast, exercise sharp judgment on risk, and turn what you learn in the room into templates, playbooks, and processes that make the whole team faster
- You'll partner directly with our enterprise, commercial, and mid-market sales teams, and help shape our approach on a mix of complex issues - including open-source/proprietary licensing, data governance, regulatory compliance questions - that most commercial counsel never touch
- If you're the go-to deal lawyer who also builds the systems that make everyone around you better — and you're already using AI to get there — we want to talk to you
- This position reports to the Head of Commercial Legal and is fully remote
- Close deals fast and well: Provide high impact partnership and support to our revenue teams, including the enterprise, commercial, and mid-market sales teams, the customer success team, and the professional services team
- Be a true partner to revenue: Provide hands-on support to enterprise, commercial, and mid-market sales, customer success, and professional services, effectively helping to meet business objectives and close deals while managing potential risks — the kind of partnership that makes people want to loop you in early
- Build systems: Own and continuously improve our templates, playbooks, and resources so every deal after yours closes faster and better; and and track key operational and business metrics
- Flex where there’s need: Take on various legal needs of a high-growth company, including with our product, marketing, community relations, and similar teams, based on background and interest
- Advise and guide: Act as a strategic business partner, advising internal clients and leadership on legal matters critical to growth and innovation
- Put AI to work: Leverage AI tools and workflows to accelerate drafting and negotiation without sacrificing quality, with a focus on building scalable processes that the entire Commercial Legal team can benefit from
- Mentor: Serve as a resource and mentor to more junior members of the Legal Team
Application process
- The application deadline for this role is 10/04/2026; applicants will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the role is filled
Our take
Anaconda is a titan providing leading problem-solving tech for data science and machine learning applications. Anaconda began back in 2009, marshalling tools for Python use in data science, and has no doubt helped consolidate Python’s position as the language of preference in this field. This tight relationship means Anaconda is primed to continue a strong and dominant trajectory.
More companies than ever are increasing their data science investments, as large pools of digital data become increasingly available and vital across most areas of business. Machine learning is seeing a similar uptick in demand and is providing fertile and future-focused opportunities for a similarly broad sweep of industries. This suggests that Anaconda’s large customer base, with approximately 30 million users across over 235 countries and regions, and partnerships with the likes of Intel and IBM, is likely to see robust consolidation and growth over the coming years.
The increasing importance of these highly dynamic and changing sectors means there is real appetite for tools that help organizations develop data literacy - and Anaconda is the market’s go-to platform to get there. The company is looking to maintain its strong momentum through new acquisitions, such as PythonAnywhere, thereby strengthening the breadth of its Python offerings.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Aug 2025
$150m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$38.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $246m
Company benefits
- When it comes to pay increases, there isn’t red tape like your average corporate organization. We don’t have a max cap, and we pay our salary increases based on the industry benchmarks of the specific role in the job market
- We ensure salary transparency for each employee. We show you the benchmarks in the industry for your title, where you live, and how your salary stacks comparative to other jobs with the same title
- Spot bonuses based on great outcomes
- Medical, dental, vision, HSA, life insurance, and 401(K)* (based on country)
- Competitive stock options
- Open vacation policy
- Paid parental leave for both moms and dads
- Anaconda Snake Days; In addition to government holidays, a once-a-month company-designated day off to relax and recharge
- 100% flexible working policy. While we have core business hours, we focus on results, not when you’re at your desk
- Quarterly fitness membership or home office reimbursement
- Low-meeting Fridays
- Monthly anonymous “Ask Me Anything” sessions with senior leadership
- Employee recognition known as the annual Ana-CAN-DO awards
- An open-door policy and senior leadership office hours - transparency comes first, and all ideas matter
- Annual Anaconda Olympics
- Homecoming (bringing everyone together (safely))!
- Weekly team happy hours
- Lunch & learn trainings
- Virtual and in-person team offsites
Company HQ
Financial District, Austin, TX
Leadership
Peter Wang
(Co-Founder, Chief AI & Innovation Officer)After graduating with a degree in Physics from Cornell, they were a Software Developer for Immersive Technologies and a Systems Administrator at ECornell, Cornell's online learning venture. They then were the Director of Technical Architecture at Enthough, Inc, before founding Streamitive, LLC, Continuum Analytics, Inc and then Anaconda, Inc.
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