General Counsel roles supporting AI safety organizations with fast-paced, risk-calibrated legal advice. Responsibilities may involve nonprofit structures, frontier AI contracts, export controls, FARA, compute agreements, and 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) boundaries. Applicants should demonstrate strong legal judgment, comfort with ambiguity, interest in AI safety organizations, and authorization to practice law in their intended location. Most roles require a US-barred attorney, and candidates with at least five years of legal practice are favored.
AI Safety Ecosystem Legal Hiring Round
General Counsel hiring for Constellation is a part of an ecosystem hiring round. Please read below for details and a link to apply.
Deadline to apply is November 1, 2026.
Job description
About this Round
Several organizations working on AI Safety are running a joint legal hiring round. Each organization has its own legal needs and many are hiring in-house counsel for the first time.
This round is open to individual attorneys seeking full-time or fractional in-house roles.
You do not need prior AI safety experience, though some background knowledge is helpful. You do need legal judgment, comfort with ambiguity and genuine interest in understanding organizations whose risk tolerance and operating speed may differ from a typical non-profit or corporate client. Generally applicants with at least 5 years of legal practice experience are more likely to be successful. You should be authorized to practice law where you intend to work from. Most roles require a US barred attorney.
What These Roles Have in Common:
- Speed matters. A recurring pain point for orgs has been slow turnaround. This ecosystem moves quickly, and needs counsel who can keep pace.
- Risk-calibrated, not risk averse. How much risk each org is comfortable with varies, but all of them want counsel who will lay out the risk, the likelihood and a clear recommendation based on the specifics of a given situation, not a counsel who defaults to best practices.
- Novel legal landscape. Fiscal sponsorship structures, frontier AI lab contract negotiation, export controls and FARA exposure, compute contract remedies, and the boundaries of 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) activity all come up regularly, often without established precedent.
How This Works:
These are distinct opportunities bundled into a single application process so candidates can be considered efficiently across the ecosystem.
Application Form:
Apply Here
- Note: this is a mega-hiring round with other AIS orgs, please select Constellation when applying.
*Please do not fill out the form below. Use the link directly above to apply.*
Similar Jobs
Biotech
Serve as Plasmidsaurus's first full-time General Counsel, advising founders and leadership on commercial, corporate, international, intellectual property, regulatory, compliance, and governance matters. Lead complex agreements and negotiations, manage cross-border legal issues, protect company interests, and build an efficient legal function, including processes and outside counsel relationships. The role requires practical judgment, strong business understanding, and experience in life sciences, biotechnology, scientific services, or another regulated technical industry.
Healthtech • Robotics
Leads Intuitive Surgical’s patent portfolio strategy, including patent preparation and prosecution, IP counseling, and protection of innovations in robotics and medical devices. Supports IP-related transactions, NDAs, licensing, M&A, investments, due diligence, and negotiations. Provides trademark, trade secret, and litigation support; advises engineers, executives, and business leaders on legal risks and opportunities; manages outside counsel and develops IP processes.
Top Skills:
Artificial IntelligenceComputer VisionDigital SurgeryElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMedical DevicesPatent Portfolio ManagementPatent ProsecutionRobotic-Assisted SurgeryRobotics
Professional Services • Real Estate • Social Impact
Serves as chief legal officer for a nonprofit affordable housing organization, advising executives and boards on governance, risk, transactions, compliance, litigation, employment, real estate, construction, and operations. Leads the legal department, manages outside counsel and budgets, oversees enterprise legal matters, supports strategic transactions, and develops policies and practical risk-management solutions across affiliated entities.
What you need to know about the Los Angeles Tech Scene
Los Angeles is a global leader in entertainment, so it’s no surprise that many of the biggest players in streaming, digital media and game development call the city home. But the city boasts plenty of non-entertainment innovation as well, with tech companies spanning verticals like AI, fintech, e-commerce and biotech. With major universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and the nearby UC Irvine, the city has a steady supply of top-flight tech and engineering talent — not counting the graduates flocking to Los Angeles from across the world to enjoy its beaches, culture and year-round temperate climate.
Key Facts About Los Angeles Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 375,800; 5.5% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Snap, Netflix, SpaceX, Disney, Google
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, adtech, media, software, game development
- Funding Landscape: $11.6 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Strong Ventures, Fifth Wall, Upfront Ventures, Mucker Capital, Kittyhawk Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC Irvine, Pepperdine, California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, Center for Quantum Science and Engineering
