Senior Legal Counsel, Crusoe Energy Systems
Cloud Sales
$254-299k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
Crusoe offers sponsorship
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Open for applications
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$254-299k
+ Restricted Stock Units + Bonus
Crusoe offers sponsorship
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active state bar membership in good standing
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in the technology sector (Cloud/SaaS, Hardware, On-Premise Software), including some team lead or people management experience
- Track Record: Proven history of leading and closing high-impact commercial transactions and supporting complex deals during periods of significant company growth
- Subject Matter Expertise: Strong working knowledge of B2B commercial transactions, cloud software licensing, and managing legal risk across various sales distribution models
- Leadership & Communication: Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional partners
- Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that balances risk with revenue growth
- Industry Knowledge: Experience supporting customers across diverse industry segments (e.g., AI/ML labs, enterprise SaaS, Financial Services, Cloud Service Providers) is a strong plus
- If you have a strong understanding of cloud enterprise sales and enjoy building high-impact legal functions, this opportunity is ideal
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced commercial attorney to lead legal support for our global Go-To-Market (GTM), Sales and Marketing organizations
- Crusoe provides GPU-as-a-Service and AI infrastructure to some of the world's most demanding customers, and cloud sales contracts — from standard order forms to bespoke high-ACV capacity commitments — sit at the center of this business
- In this role you will help shape the legal approach across the sales lifecycle, enabling revenue growth at Crusoe while managing risk and building scalable contracting processes
- You will help Crusoe continuously improving global transaction processes while serving as a trusted legal partner to GTM leadership on commercial strategy
- Legal Strategy & Partnership: Help shape the legal approach for GTM and Sales, translating business goals into executable legal priorities and serving as a key legal partner to GTM and sales leadership
- Team Management & Mentorship: Manage and mentor a growing team of commercial legal professionals, focusing on professional development, setting clear performance expectations, and scaling the team's capacity to support Crusoe's growth
- Complex Deal Leadership: Lead the negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex, high-visibility transactions, focusing on Cloud Service Agreements (CSAs), Master Services Agreements (MSAs), and bespoke strategic enterprise deals
- Cloud-Specific Expertise: Guide the team in providing legal advice on key cloud contract terms, including Service Level Agreements (SLAs), indemnity exposure, data security provisions, usage-based consumption models, and limitations of liability
- Sales Channel Governance: Provide legal support and governance across cloud sales motions, including direct sales, global channel partners, reseller programs, and marketplace integrations
- Operational Excellence & Scalability: Develop and maintain global legal playbooks, standardized templates, and scalable systems to improve the speed and efficiency of the contracting process for Crusoe's growing cloud business
- Product and Regulatory Collaboration: Collaborate with and support specialized legal teammates on matters concerning new Cloud service features, product rollouts, and continuous compliance with evolving global data privacy and regulatory frameworks
- Opportunity to be a key legal partner in setting the legal foundation for scaling a global technology business
- Lead and shape a dedicated, high-impact legal team, reporting directly to the AGC Tech & Risk
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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