Senior Corporate Counsel

About the role

As Senior Corporate Counsel, you will manage commercial agreements from initial redline to signature, balancing business goals with legal risk. You will partner with Sales, Deal Desk, and Finance to negotiate contracts and provide practical legal guidance to support the company's growth. This role requires a strong understanding of in-house legal operations and the ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts with customers and business partners.
• Partner closely with Sales and Deal Desk throughout the contracting process.
• Work with Finance and other internal stakeholders to resolve commercial and contractual issues.
• Provide practical legal guidance that balances business goals with appropriate risk management.
• Help move negotiations forward by identifying issues, explaining tradeoffs, and finding workable solutions.
• Support consistent, efficient contracting practices as Coder grows.

Required skills

• Commercial contract negotiation
• Software licensing
• In-house legal
• Risk management

Nice to have

• Open source software
• Open source licensing

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales with a current practicing certificate
• Qualified to practice law in another relevant jurisdiction

About the Company

Coder is the leading platform for AI development infrastructure, enabling enterprises to securely run human and AI-driven development workflows in consistent, governed environments. Coder provides self-hosted, agent-ready workspaces that unify developer productivity and platform governance.