Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property
What You’ll Do:
The Legal and Government Affairs team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex legal landscapes while enabling innovation and growth. The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization.
As Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property, you will advise the business on a wide range of intellectual property (IP) matters across CoreWeave’s AI cloud platform, software products, and data center infrastructure, from licensing and AI-related IP questions to our patent, trademark, and open source programs. If you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, enjoy solving complex problems, and are eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you.
About the role:
Reporting to the Managing Director & Associate General Counsel, Technology, IP & Product, you will help protect and grow CoreWeave’s IP portfolio and negotiate the IP terms that underpin our customer, vendor, partnership, and strategic agreements. You will also build the policies, playbooks and templates that let the business move quickly while managing IP risk. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Commercial teams, as well as legal colleagues across multiple functions.
In this Role You Will:
Manage CoreWeave's trademark and domain name portfolio, including clearance searches, product and feature naming review, and direction of outside counsel on filings and prosecution in the US and internationally
Monitor for infringement and handle brand protection and enforcement, including cease-and-desist letters, platform takedowns, and responses to third-party notices
Draft, negotiate, and review marketing, events, and brand agreements, including production agreements, sponsorship agreements, attendee agreements, content waivers and releases, and co-branding deals
Review marketing, advertising, and communications materials for IP, advertising, and other legal risk
Develop and maintain IP playbooks, templates, and intake processes, and train marketing, brand, and HR partners on IP best practices
Support the broader IP team as needs arise, such as invention disclosure intake, subpoena intake and triage, and litigation coordination with internal teams
Who You Are:
J.D. from an accredited law school
Admitted to practice law, with an active bar membership in at least one US state
At least 4 years of IP practice experience with a law firm, in-house role, or government agency (or a combination), with meaningful trademark and/or commercial IP experience
Strong working knowledge of US trademark law and general knowledge of patent and copyright law
Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, ideally marketing, events, media, or brand-related
Ability to manage a high volume of matters, prioritize across multiple stakeholders, and know when to escalate
Organized and process-minded, with experience tracking deadlines across many parallel matters and comfort using AI and workflow tools to scale legal work
Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills, including with non-lawyer partners in marketing, HR, product and engineering
Preferred:
Experience in-house at a technology company, or with software and/or cloud computing business models
Experience with international trademark prosecution and enforcement, including EU/UK
Exposure to subpoena response, discovery, or litigation support
Experience at a high-growth or recently public technology company
Undergraduate or advanced degree in a technical field
Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.
You take a pragmatic, proactive and business-focused approach to solving problems.
You thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly scaling environment and stay steady when priorities shift.
You’re curious about technology and enjoy working with engineers to understand how our platform, software and hardware work.
You’re team-oriented and collaborate easily with legal colleagues and business partners across functions and time zones.
Why CoreWeave?
At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:
Be Curious at Your Core
Act Like an Owner
Empower Employees
Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
Achieve More Together
We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!
The base salary range for this role is $122,000 to $163,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).