OpportunityWe're looking for an exceptional lawyer to join our lean, high-impact legal team and lead legal work across our models and the products built on them. This role is for someone who thrives at the intersection of law and model development - a builder with sharp instincts and sound judgment who is steady under ambiguity and fluent in product.
Our legal team has a real seat at the table. You'll partner with our research and data teams on the novel legal questions inside model development, and advise our product teams on the experiences we put in front of users. You'll help Deepgram move at the speed of an ambitious voice AI company while keeping pace with the AI legal frameworks coming online internationally.
Many of the questions in our space don't have settled answers yet. That's the best part of the job. You'll think them through from first principles, design the frameworks that let us scale, and help Deepgram continue to earn its place as the trusted leader in voice AI.
This role is ideal for someone with genuine conviction that voice is the most consequential interface with AI, and who wants to spend the next phase of their career on the legal questions that will define it.
You'll be the third lawyer on our team, reporting directly to our General Counsel and helping establish a legal function that scales with a company on a steep trajectory, using AI as your default mode of working to set the standard for what AI-native legal work looks like.
What You'll Do- Be the go-to counsel for our data and research teams on the legal questions inside model development, and design the frameworks that let research move fast with confidence
- Partner with our product teams to ship products and features that delight our users.
- Draft and review the consumer-facing terms, policies, disclosures, and marketing that go with our products - written for customers, not lawyers
- Continue building out our privacy program - and tell its story to customers - to deepen customer trust in our products
- Stay ahead of the AI legal frameworks developing internationally, translate developments into principles and policies our teams can act on, and help Deepgram develop a clear point of view on responsible AI development
- Develop deep expertise across the legal questions defining AI today, and help advance how our company, and the broader field, thinks about them
- Build the AI-native legal function at Deepgram with workflows and systems that scale our team's impact
You'll Love This Role If You- Are passionate about AI and the ability to work alongside cutting-edge researchers and engineering teams
- Get energized by being the first - building systems from scratch, establishing foundational practices, and turning novel legal questions into ones with answers
- Are very practical in addressing legal issues and allergic to unnecessary friction
- Have an abiding spirit of idealism about your chosen profession - you're not just answering legal questions, you're building something that matters
- Have a point of view on what good lawyering looks like and a healthy sense of humor about everything else
It's Important To Us That You Have- JD from a U.S. accredited law school and 7-15 years of experience in legal practice (or more), in-house, at a firm, or both
- Demonstrated experience counseling product, research, or engineering teams on the legal questions that come up in how AI gets built and deployed
- Fluency in the issues that matter most to us: privacy, IP, data licensing, consumer protection, and the international AI regulatory landscape. Depth in some, excited to learn the rest
- Recognize that law is about the grey areas, and are comfortable living in them, while giving clear and actionable advice
- An AI-native legal practice - workflows you've built into your own work, not just tools you've used
- Exceptional writing - precise, plain, and compelling
It Would Be Great If You Had- Hands-on experience at a foundation model company or AI research lab - you've seen how legal questions actually arise inside model development
- Depth in one or more emerging AI regulatory regimes (EU AI Act, US states, UK, APAC)
We read cover letters! If you want to stand out: Tell us about a novel legal question you worked through without a playbook - how you reasoned through it and where you landed.
Benefits & Perks*Holistic health- Medical, dental, vision benefits
- Annual wellness stipend
- Mental health support
- Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans
Work/life blend- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Flexible schedule
- 12 Paid US company holidays
- Quarterly personal productivity stipend
- One-time stipend for home office upgrades
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Tax Savings Programs
Continuous learning- Learning / Education stipend
- Participation in talks and conferences
- Employee Resource Groups
- AI enablement workshops / sessions
*For candidates outside of the US, we use an Employer of Record model in many countries, which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this, benefits will differ by region - in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not, and vice versa. As we scale, we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment, but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible.
