About the role
Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.
Since public launch, Emergent has reached $100M ARR in 8 months. 10** M+ users across 190+ countries have built 7M+ applications on Emergent. We've raised $100M+**, backed by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together, and Y Combinator.
We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.
We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.
The Role
This is a rare opportunity to join a category-defining AI company as its first legal hire. As General Counsel, you will build the legal function from the ground up and serve as a trusted advisor to the founders and executive team. You will help the company navigate the unique legal, regulatory, commercial, and operational challenges that come with building and scaling frontier AI technology globally. This is a highly strategic and highly hands-on role: one hour you may be negotiating a major enterprise agreement, and the next you may be advising leadership on AI regulation, product launches, employment matters, international expansion, fundraising, or intellectual property strategy. Also, scope of the role will be aligned as per the interview feedback and overall fitment.
What You'll Own:
- Lead negotiation and execution of enterprise customer agreements, building scalable contracting processes to support rapid revenue growth and partnering closely with Sales, Partnerships, Customer Success, and Finance.
