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Contracts Manager

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · Seattle, WAOnsite

About Fluidstack

Technology is the most important tool humans have found for improving the human condition, but it is not a default good. It is a lever for ideology.

Today the most powerful technology in history is being built: machines that solve problems better than humans can. The most important mission of our generation is to imbue AI with democratic values: error-correcting institutions, freedom of speech, individual liberties. AI trains and runs on massive compute clusters. Whichever ideology builds the infrastructure the fastest is the ideology that will endure. Democracy is delicate and won't survive this technology by default.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

  • Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.

  • Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

  • Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

  • Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

  • Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Legal Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

  • Build the legal and compliance function from zero, for the largest compute buildout in history. No inherited playbook, no legacy team. The systems, standards, and function we build are the ones a company deploying gigawatts will run on for the next decade.

  • Make legal a source of speed. We structure and close complex deals in weeks that typically take quarters. That only works when we calibrate risk from first principles of what our business needs. Our job is judgment, applied fast enough that legal helps drive the deal across the finish line.

  • Cover the entire legal surface with a lean team. A small team owns everything, and much of it involves business structures the market hasn’t seen before. You invent the solution with our business team.

Role Scope

  • Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements behind Fluidstack’s data center buildout.

  • Build scalable contracting and compliance frameworks that let a lean legal team keep pace with the business.

  • Partner with legal, finance, and business teams to drive agreements from request to signature.

  • Run multiple contract workstreams in parallel under tight deadlines, keeping quality high while moving fast.

  • Take contracting projects end to end without waiting to be asked, spotting problems and fixing them as you go.

What We're Looking For

  • You’ve drafted and negotiated terms across a broad range of standard commercial contracts, and you can carry a negotiation on your own.

  • You read and interpret complex contractual language quickly and accurately, and can explain what a clause means and why it matters.

  • You use AI for legal research, contract analysis, or document review as part of how you work.

  • You’ve run multiple projects at once under tight deadlines and delivered thoughtful, high-quality work anyway.

  • You write and speak clearly enough to turn dense contract terms into a decision and a next step for a business owner.

  • Bonus: Experience with data centers and related infrastructure. Negotiating inbound technology licensing and procurement contracts. Implementing scalable contracting and compliance frameworks.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Compensation

$170K – $204K • Offers Equity

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