Senior Counsel, Commercial - Americas

About this role

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com .

What You'll Do:

The CoreWeave Legal and Government Affairs (LGA) team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex legal landscapes while enabling innovation and growth. The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization.

As Senior Counsel, Commercial, you will support our rapidly growing Global Field Organization (GFO) business in its U.S. West region. If you're someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you.

About the role:

Reporting to the Director and Managing Assistant General Counsel - Commercial Americas, you will partner closely with Sales, Product, Security, Privacy, Finance, and Operations teams to support complex commercial cloud sales SaaS and Infrastructure/IaaS transactions with enterprise customers and strategic partners. You will play a key role in negotiating agreements, advising on legal and commercial risk, and helping scale the legal processes that support CoreWeave's continued growth.

In this role, you will:

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial technology agreements with enterprise customers, including cloud services, SaaS, infrastructure/IaaS, software licensing, professional services, partnership, and data processing agreements.

• Partner closely with CoreWeave's GFO U.S. West Region teams to support enterprise sales cycles and drive customer transactions to successful outcomes.

• Serve as the trusted legal advisor and partner to the GFO U.S. West Region sales leadership team and account executives.

• Advise internal stakeholders on legal, privacy, and commercial risks arising from customer transactions and recommend practical solutions.

• Manage multiple concurrent transactions while balancing legal risk, business objectives, and operational efficiency for a fast-moving sales organization.

• Support strategic customer engagements by providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance throughout the transaction lifecycle.

• Identify and escalate novel, complex, or high-risk issues while exercising sound legal and business judgment.

• Help develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, policies, and processes that enable efficient and scalable support for a rapidly growing global business.

• Coordinate with outside counsel when needed to support specialized legal matters.

Who You Are:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.

• 8+ years experience gained from a law firm, and/or with in-house experience gained within a fast-paced technology company.

• Substantial commercial and complex technology contracting experience: Cloud, AI, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS.

• Experience with complex, high-value, or infrastructure-heavy transactions both within and outside of the US. Direct exposure to cross-border deal structures is a strong plus.

• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, sound commercial judgment, and clear written and verbal communication.

• You exercise independent judgment and excellent attention to detail.

• Comfortable operating at a fast pace with a high degree of independence across U.S. time zones.

• Experience counseling senior business leaders on business and legal risks.

• Track record of building or improving process, workflows, templates and playbooks to scale repeatable deal execution.

Wondering if you're a good fit?

We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core

• Act Like an Owner

• Empower Employees

• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences

• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $157,000 to $210,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a va

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