Director, Legal Counsel, Crusoe Energy Systems
Commercial Cloud Transactions
$240-285k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Posted today
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
1001+ employees
Posted today
$240-285k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Education & Bar: Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active bar admission in good standing
- Experience: Eight (8) or more years of relevant experience in-house and/or at a law firm supporting technology transactions, with extensive experience negotiating SaaS, software, cloud services, professional services, data processing, strategic partnership, and enterprise commercial agreements in complex contracting environments
- Technical Fluency: Strong understanding of technology, including cloud services, software licensing models, information security, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory considerations, plus experience supporting AI-enabled products and emerging technology issues
- Negotiation Craft: Demonstrated skill drafting and negotiating complex software, SaaS and hybrid cloud agreements, master agreements, professional services agreements, and software development agreements, with a genuine love for the craft of contract work
- Business Acumen: A proven ability to balance legal risk against commercial objectives, influence stakeholders well beyond the legal lane, and bring solutions to the table before anyone has to ask
- Working Style: Intelligence, flexibility, creativity, diligence, resourcefulness, responsiveness, strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a positive, collaborative, low-ego instinct
- Tech Stack: Proficiency with AI and legal technology tools, Microsoft O365 / Google Workspace, and contract management software such as Ironclad
Desirable
- Basic knowledge of data privacy laws and practices in a SaaS context involving the security and processing of customer data that may include personal information
- Understanding of software development, SaaS infrastructure and services, open-source communities, and intellectual property concepts and laws
- Prior experience at a startup, AI company, digital infrastructure, or high-growth venture business
What the job involves
- Crusoe is seeking a Senior Counsel – Commercial Cloud Transactions to serve as a senior legal advisor supporting our commercial contracting function and strategic business initiatives
- You will draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of strategic commercial transactions, with a primary focus on SaaS, software licensing, cloud services, AI-enabled offerings, strategic partnerships, data processing, and other commercial agreements
- This role is well-suited for an attorney who thrives at the intersection of law and business — someone who picks up a pen to find a path forward, not to put up a roadblock
- You will partner cross-functionally with Cloud Sales, Product, Digital Infrastructure, Security, Finance, and Procurement to enable growth, manage legal risk, develop scalable contracting processes, and support the transactions that power our most ambitious AI workloads
- Commercial & Strategic Transactions: Lead customer, procurement, and strategic commercial negotiations by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating software, SaaS and hybrid, cloud services, AI-related offerings, and strategic partnership agreements. Drive deals from intake through signature while managing stakeholder and customer communications
- Trusted Advisor: Be a reliable, trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, providing creative and strategic legal and business counsel on commercial, operational, and strategic issues. Deliver timely, accurate responses and negotiate a challenging volume of contracts — with issues ranging from straightforward to complex. Identify the issues, then solve for them
- Process & Scale: Suggest and build improvements to our contracting process, including new standard forms and playbook variations that enhance efficiency and align to business and product requirements. Treat process improvement as a competitive advantage
- AI-Enabled Practice: Exhibit agility and enjoyment working with AI legal technology tools, thriving on the efficiency they create. Identify which tools work for what purposes and why, and stay flexible about trying new ones
- Pricing & Commercial Models: Lead and support strategic pricing initiatives, pricing governance projects, and commercial model optimization efforts, partnering with Finance, Global Business Operations, and business stakeholders
- Workflow & Prioritization: Participate in our internal approval workflow system, prioritize contracts, and respond to questions from stakeholders and clients
Our take
Crusoe is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing the digital age: the enormous energy demand of data centres and AI infrastructure. As AI models grow more powerful, they require immense computing power (and therefor electricity) to train and operate. This surge in energy use has put some pressure on power grids, driven up costs, and raised environmental concerns. Crusoe is on a mission to make this process more sustainable by finding smarter, cleaner, and more efficient ways to power the data centres that drive modern computing.
The company started out by putting wasted energy to work. Originally known as Crusoe Energy, it captured natural gas that would otherwise be burned off ("flared") at remote oil sites and used it to power modular data centres. Today, Crusoe has evolved into a major player in AI infrastructure, designing and operating large-scale data centres near renewable or stranded energy sources. It's now one of a handful of "neocloud" companies (next-generation cloud providers focused on flexible, efficient computing for AI workloads). And its facilities are helping tech giants like OpenAI handle the massive computing requirements of training advanced AI models.
Recently, Crusoe has attracted some huge investor attention, tripling its valuation to over $10B and raising almost $1.4B in its 2025 funding round. It's building OpenAI's first major US data centre campus and even experimenting with bold new frontiers. In partnership with Starcloud, Crusoe plans to deploy the world's first space-based cloud computing infrastructure, powered by solar energy and orbiting the Earth by 2027. If successful, this could redefine how and where computing happens, opening up a cleaner, virtually limitless source of energy for AI's next generation.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$1.4bn
SERIES E
Dec 2024
$600m
SERIES D
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
- Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
- 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
- Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life's challenges
Company HQ
Union Station, Denver, CO
Leadership
Cully Cavness
(Co-Founder, COO & President)Began their career as an Energy Infrastructure Research Fellow before spending 3 years as a Business Development Manager at Recurrent Engineering and serving as CFO of Sword & Plough. They left their role as VP of Highlands Natural Resources to co-found Crusoe Energy Systems.
Chase Lochmiller
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Crusoe in 2018, Chase was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, a Quantitative Trade at Jump Trading Group, and a Managing Director of Algorithmic Trading at KCG Holdings.
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