What is this role likeWe're looking for a Commercial Legal Associate to join our growing global team. This role is focused on helping our commercial engine move faster. You'll own the day-to-day execution of customer and vendor contracts, coordinate negotiations, manage contract redlines, and work closely with Sales, Security, Finance, and Procurement to keep deals moving. This is not a traditional legal research or litigation role. Instead, we're looking for someone who enjoys working on commercial agreements, thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, and can balance legal risk with business practicality.
If you're highly organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and excited about supporting a rapidly growing company, we'd love to hear from you.
What you will do- Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, including:
- Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
- Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
- Security Addendums
- NDAs
- Vendor agreements
- Manage contract redlines and coordinate revisions with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
- Partner closely with Sales to support customer negotiations and help accelerate deal cycles.
- Coordinate procurement and vendor onboarding processes.
- Work cross-functionally with Legal, Security, Finance, People, and Operations to resolve contract issues efficiently.
- Maintain contract documentation and improve legal processes, templates, and playbooks.
- Identify recurring negotiation themes and recommend scalable improvements to contract workflows.
- Help ensure commercial agreements align with company policies and risk guidelines.
What we're looking for- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in the U.S.2-3 years of experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts in-house or at a law firm.
- Experience working with SaaS, software, technology, or B2B commercial agreements.
- Strong understanding of commercial contract fundamentals, including MSAs, DPAs, and procurement processes.
- Comfortable managing contract negotiations and redlines independently.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Able to prioritize multiple agreements simultaneously in a fast-moving environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative, pragmatic, and business-minded approach to legal work.
- Comfortable partnering with Sales and other cross-functional teams.
- Professional proficiency in multiple languages is a plus, particularly when supporting global commercial agreements.
What We ValueAt Topsort, we seek professionals who embody the following qualities to drive our mission forward:
- Deep dive into details: Professionals who are not content with superficial answers and dive deeply into the details to uncover root causes and optimal solutions.
- Team first: A low need for individual recognition, always prioritizing collective results over personal credit.
- You thrive with ambiguity: Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended problems in unstructured environments, turning chaos into structured innovation.
- Adaptability: Willingness to learn, mentor, lead, and follow as the situation demands, fostering growth at all levels.
- Urgency: A disproportionate sense of urgency in execution, while keeping scalability and the creation of replicable processes in mind to ensure long-term success.
- Curiosity: Genuinely curious individuals who can quickly learn difficult concepts and apply them effectively.
Do you sound like the right fit? Let's dive right in!
