Senior Corporate Counsel, Datacenters and Infrastructure

Digital Ocean
Austin
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 204,800 - 256,000Function: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaborative problem-solving","Business judgement","Risk allocation","Relationship building"]

Serve as a trusted legal partner for datacenter and infrastructure transactions, guiding agreements from LOIs through signature. Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for datacenter leasing, colocation, facilities/operations, and infrastructure procurement (including compute and network equipment). Collaborate with cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering, operations, finance, tax, and compliance to structure deals, manage risk allocation, and support international expansion and scalable contracting tools.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
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Senior Corporate Counsel, Datacenters and Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Serve as a trusted legal partner for datacenter and infrastructure transactions, guiding agreements from LOIs through signature. Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for datacenter leasing, colocation, facilities/operations, and infrastructure procurement (including compute and network equipment). Collaborate with cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering, operations, finance, tax, and compliance to structure deals, manage risk allocation, and support international expansion and scalable contracting tools.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Act as primary legal contact for datacenter-related agreements through signature (e.g., LOIs, MSAs, order forms, ancillary agreements).
  • •Draft, review, and negotiate agreements supporting the building, deployment, and operation of datacenters (leasing, colocation, and design/build).
  • •Partner with cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering/operations, finance, tax, and compliance to structure deals.
  • •Provide business-focused counseling on risk allocation and supplier-related risk, performance, and remediation matters.
  • •Support international expansion by adapting requirements for new jurisdictions and coordinating with local counsel.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 204,800 - 256,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Learning BudgetPaid LeaveEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
  • •8+ years of legal experience and 3+ years of significant in-house experience supporting datacenter or similar large-scale infrastructure projects.
  • •Proven datacenter contract experience from a developer/provider or tenant perspective, including modified-gross and triple net lease structures.
  • •Experience with facilities agreements and operations-and-maintenance contracts.
  • •Familiarity with datacenter operational requirements such as SLAs, maintenance windows, security requirements, audit rights, change control, and service credits.
Experience:8+ yearsIn-houseDatacenterInfrastructureCloud computingAI
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborative problem-solvingBusiness judgementRisk allocationRelationship building
Licenses:Active bar membership
Languages:English

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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