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We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.\nWe thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.\nAbout the Role\nThis role sits under the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing). We are looking for a Procurement Counsel to support the high volume of vendor and supplier agreements that keep Nscale building. You will be the day-to-day legal partner to our Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering and business teams, negotiating agreements for hardware, software, networking components, services and operational spend.\nYou will handle a broad portfolio of matters independently, escalate thoughtfully, and help build the templates and processes that allow us to contract quickly and safely at scale.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nContracting\nDraft, review and negotiate a wide range of procurement agreements, including hardware purchase and supply agreements, software licenses and SaaS subscriptions, support and maintenance agreements, professional services agreements, statements of work, and NDAs.\nSupport the Director, Legal (Procurement and Strategic Sourcing) on strategic, high-value supply agreements for compute, networking and storage, owning defined workstreams and ancillary documents.\nNegotiate key terms such as pricing and payment, delivery and acceptance, warranties, service levels, data protection and security, IP, indemnities and limitations of liability.\nReview supplier terms for data protection, information security, export control and sanctions, and anti-corruption requirements, working with Privacy, Security and Compliance colleagues.\nBusiness partnership\nServe as a responsive, practical legal advisor to Procurement, Nscale Cloud, AI Infrastructure, and Finance stakeholders, helping them understand risk and move deals forward.\nTriage incoming requests, prioritize against business timelines and escalate material issues appropriately.\nHelp resolve day-to-day supplier issues such as delivery delays, warranty claims and contract interpretation questions.\nProcess and scale\nDevelop and maintain procurement templates, clause libraries, playbooks and FAQs that enable self-service for lower-risk contracts.\nSupervise and support the Procurement Paralegal, and partner with Legal Operations on contract lifecycle management and reporting.\nProvide training to business teams on contracting processes and key risk areas.\nAbout You\nJD from an accredited US law school and active membership in good standing of at least one US state bar.\n5-8 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with a strong focus on commercial and procurement contracts.\nHands-on experience negotiating agreements for software, hardware, networking components and technology services.\nSolid understanding of technology contracting issues, including licensing, SaaS, data protection, warranties, indemnities and limitations of liability.\nAbility to manage a high volume of matters independently with sound judgment about when to escalate.\nStrong drafting, negotiation and communication skills, with a collaborative, service-oriented approach.\nNice to have\nIn-house experience at a cloud provider, data center operator, telecom, semiconductor or high-growth technology company.\nFamiliarity with hardware supply chain concepts (allocation, lead times, RMA, spares) and trade compliance.\nExperience with CLM tools and building scalable contracting processes.\nJoin Nscale as we build a world-class AI cloud platform. If you're ready to own high-volume procurement contracting at a hyperscaler in build mode, we'd love to hear from you!\nEqual Opportunity\nNscale is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 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