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Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal Infrastructure
Job ID: 2936251
DESCRIPTION:
Amazon's Legal Department is seeking a highly skilled Corporate Counsel to support Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world's fastest growing technology companies. This role will provide a blend of counseling and transactional support to teams dedicated to engineering, supply chain, and procurement of the technology that powers AWS cloud services. The successful candidate will work directly with a wide array of teams across AWS to help develop and launch new hardware and manage the supply chain for these technologies deployed around the globe. This role will also involve identifying, counseling on, and resolving a wide array of commercial, operational, legal, and other issues related to intellectual property, vendor engagement, and negotiation strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide business-line counseling to infrastructure engineering and supply chain teams to enable the development, manufacture, deployment, and maintenance of AWS cloud infrastructure technology globally for our customers.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex commercial and technology-related agreements, including development, supply, manufacturing services, software licensing, and other bespoke agreements.
• Support and advise business partners on legal, commercial, operational, and other risks.
• Develop, advise on, and implement vendor engagement, contractual, and negotiation strategies.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify and resolve commercial, operational, compliance, regulatory, security, safety, legal, and customer/vendor issues.
Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years of legal experience.
• Juris Doctor degree and membership in one state bar or equivalent.
• Experience in transactional and technology licensing or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience at a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work.
• 2+ years at a leading law firm or in-house.
• Strong transactional, drafting, and negotiations experience of complex commercial or technology agreements.
• Proven track record of strong judgment in the absence of precedent.
• Experience providing legal counsel and support for regulatory and compliance matters.
• Experience providing prompt, practical, crisp, and actionable legal advice.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for technology.
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functionally to resolve complicated problems.
• Common sense, great judgment, and a good sense of humor.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: This position requires working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhering to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicating effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and following all federal, state, and local laws and company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Compensation:
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets and is based on factors such as market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,500/year in our lowest geographic market to $229,000/year in our highest geographic market. Additional forms of compensation, such as equity and sign-on payments, may also be provided as part of a total compensation package. For more information on benefits offered, please visit .
Location:
This position is available in Seattle, WA and Santa Monica, CA. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
