Senior Counsel, Contracts Attorney

Location: Office in San Diego, California, United States

Expected hiring salary: $215,500–$272,500 per year, plus eligibility for an incentive compensation plan.

Company

hirify.global is a growing technology company building technology and partnerships that help protect people on the road and make roadways safer.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including SaaS subscription, hardware, master services, customer, reseller, channel partner, technology licensing, vendor, procurement, NDA, statement-of-work, and amendment agreements.
• Provide practical, risk-based legal guidance on liability, indemnification, warranties, intellectual property, data protection, service levels, pricing, and payment terms.
• Lead negotiations with customers, partners, vendors, and their counsel while balancing commercial objectives with legal risk.
• Partner with Privacy and Information Security teams on data processing agreements, security addenda, and other data-related terms.
• Develop contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, clause libraries, approval workflows, escalation paths, and scalable CLM processes.
• Advise on post-signature matters, train business teams, manage outside counsel, monitor legal developments, and support contract-related claims and disputes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in commercial contracts and transactional law, including experience at a major law firm and at least 3 years as senior in-house counsel at a medium- to large-sized technology or SaaS company.
• Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with the California bar, or eligibility to register as Registered In-House Counsel in California.
• Deep expertise drafting and negotiating SaaS, technology licensing, and commercial agreements, with working knowledge of data privacy and information security contract terms.
• Proficiency in Claude and Microsoft Copilot.
• Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, practical business advice, analytical and problem-solving skills, negotiation ability, and clear oral and written communication.
• Initiative, persistence, confident decision-making, attention to detail, professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and comfort with fast-paced change.
• Strong organization, work ethic, multitasking ability, and capacity to manage a high-volume workload with competing deadlines.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems and the ability to seek guidance from legal and business advisors when needed.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting enterprise sales, public sector contracting, or global transactions.

Culture & Benefits

• High-energy, dynamic, collaborative environment with cross-functional partnership and significant visibility.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; HSA; FSA; telehealth; life and AD&D insurance; and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with match, FTO or PTO, 11 paid holidays plus one inclusive holiday, and Volunteer Time Off.
• Employee well-being, education reimbursement, recognition and appreciation, referral, and additional voluntary benefit programs.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and reasonable accommodation during the hiring process.