ABOUT

Arceus is building the AI-native law firm for the next generation of category-defining companies. We help fast-moving companies move contracts through legal at record speed, with transparency, predictable pricing, and top quality.

We’re hiring a Commercial Counsel to help scale our contract review practice. You’ll review and negotiate commercial contracts at a high bar, help codify the playbooks that raise the whole team’s quality, and sit next to our engineers to shape the AI that's reinventing how legal work gets done.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeing incredible demand for our solutions. The market is open and the window is short. The category will be defined in the next 12 to 18 months. We will be the winners in this new category.

This is a rare chance to:

Build a generational law firm from the ground up
Turn existing judgment and playbooks into innovative products
Own meaningful equity in a company reshaping a trillion dollar market
Define what an AI-native practice looks like for the next decade

IDEAL CANDIDATE

You’re a commercial attorney who loves the craft of getting contracts right, fast. You’ve spent a few years reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements in private practice or in-house, and you spot the small stuff others miss. You’re tired of hourly billing, opaque processes, and how slowly law moves, and you want to help build something better.

You’re energized by complex systems and quality execution. You like the idea of working shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers and product to sharpen the tooling you use every day. When a customer needs work over the finish line, you’re detail-obsessed and take ownership until it’s done. You believe customer experience compounds and you protect it.

You have a strong process mindset. You’re always asking how to do something faster, better, or with more consistency, and you're excited to turn your judgment into playbooks that make the whole team sharper.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

First 14 Days: You're onboarded onto our tooling and workflows and reviewing client contracts independently at our quality bar.
First 30 Days: You've documented review playbooks for your recurring contract types and are consistently hitting quality and turnaround standards.
3 Months: You've helped codify how Arceus reviews commercial contracts, contributed to a product moat your playbooks made possible, and set a standard the rest of the team ramps against.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Serve as Commercial Counsel to help us scale our contract review and legal service operations.
Work closely with both our legal and product teams to ensure commercial contracts are processed efficiently and accurately.
This is a high-responsibility, detail-oriented role for someone energized by complex systems, quality execution, and working at the intersection of law and technology.
Review and negotiate commercial contracts and other legal documents with speed and precision, delivering client work product at a high bar.
Collaborate with legal team members to interpret contract terms and identify key obligations, risks, and anomalies.
Operate Arceus’s internal tooling and workflows to streamline document review, and partner with product and engineering to make the platform faster and more accurate over time.
Identify inefficiencies or patterns in the review process and suggest improvements.
Help standardize and codify recurring contract types, review playbooks, and quality standards.
Support turnaround and SLA commitments; when the team is under pressure, you pitch in to deliver. Customer experience comes first.
Partner cross-functionally with operations to evolve our legal service delivery model as we scale.

QUALIFICATIONS

J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in California.
3-5 years of experience as a practicing lawyer reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, in private practice or in-house.
Experience in corporate, commercial, transactional, and contract law; exposure to the emerging companies / venture capital (EC/VC) space is a plus.
Impeccable attention to detail; you spot the small stuff others miss.
A strong process mindset; you're always thinking about how to do something faster, better, or with more consistency.
Experience with, or genuine excitement about, technology-enhanced and AI-assisted legal workflows.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous, high-ownership environment.
Strong grounding in professional responsibility and legal ethics.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $150,000 – $210,000
Meaningful equity stake in the company
Health, dental, and vision coverage; unlimited PTO

Commercial Counsel