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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 6 days Goodfire's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 72% of Goodfire's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Goodfire
- high 23 stale, 0 reposted of 29 open
- Hiring momentum
- 35 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Goodfire's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Goodfire.
About this role
As the Senior Counsel at Goodfire, you will be the first in-house lawyer responsible for establishing the legal framework of the company. Your role will involve handling a variety of legal matters, including contract negotiations, licensing, and compliance with regulations related to AI security and interpretability. You will work independently to navigate the evolving legal landscape in these fields, contributing significantly to the company's mission.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Goodfire as an employer.
What you need
- JD and active membership in at least one US state bar (California preferred)
- 6+ years across law firm and in-house roles at technology companies
- Excellent judgment and experience with AI/SaaS licensing, data rights, liability, and forward deployed contracts
- Strong grasp of AI, particularly AI security and interpretability
- Willingness and humility to own anything legal-related yourself, big or small
Nice to have
- Experience building a legal function from scratch
- AI lab or AI/ML product experience: model licensing, training data rights, open-source releases
- Experience working with healthcare or life sciences customers and related regulations
What you get
- Market competitive salary
- Equity
- Competitive benefits
Worth weighing
- Onsite work required 5 days a week
- Role involves both high-level decision-making and unglamorous tasks
- No established playbooks in rapidly changing fields of AI security and interpretability
Summarised from Goodfire's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Goodfire on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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