Product Counsel

The posting, as Groq wrote it

About Groq
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the world's fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads.

With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, we're uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and it's still wide open. Now let's go build it!

Mission: Help build the product legal foundation that lets Groq develop, launch, and scale next-generation AI infrastructure and applications quickly, responsibly, and with the trust of our customers.

The Team: Groq’s Legal team is a strategic partner across the business as we scale GroqCloud™ services and expand our AI infrastructure offerings across IaaS, PaaS, and AI applications. As Product Counsel, you will report to the Senior Director, Commercial & Product Legal, and work closely with Product, Engineering, AI, Security, and Commercial Legal. You will help build the product legal function at Groq from the ground up, designing the processes, policies, and frameworks that will guide how we launch and scale products. You’ll adapt industry best practices to the speed of a high-growth company, with mentorship and support from senior counsel.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with real intellectual curiosity. You take feedback well, adapt quickly as priorities change, and do your best work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

What You’ll Do

• Build the product review process. Design Groq’s intake, launch checklists, approval frameworks, and decision records. Scale industry best practices down so they fit how our engineers ship.
• Counsel product teams from concept to launch. Work with Product and Engineering from early design onward to spot legal issues and give practical advice matched to the level of risk.
• Advise across key regulatory areas. Cover product, privacy, AI, data, cybersecurity, and consumer protection law across our IaaS, PaaS, and future AI application offerings. Escalate novel or high-impact issues to senior counsel.
• Keep the product and our commitments aligned. With Commercial Legal, make sure what the product does matches our customer commitments, contracting positions, disclosures, technical documentation, and marketing claims.
• Own core product terms and policies. Draft and maintain our cloud service terms, SLAs, Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and developer terms.
• Support privacy and AI governance. Contribute to data mapping, privacy and AI risk assessments, shared responsibility models, and data residency.
• Handle AI-specific legal questions. Advise on model licensing and open-weight model terms, customer data use, and IP rights in inputs and outputs.
• Partner with Security. Support incident response, breach notification analysis, vulnerability disclosure, and customer

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ied individuals with physical or mental disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application or to participate in the hiring process, please contact us at talent@groq.com . This contact is for accommodation requests only, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

All offers of employment are contingent upon verification of the applicant’s identity and employment authorization in accordance with federal law.

Groq encourages people with criminal record histories to apply for employment, and values diverse experiences, including prior contact with the criminal legal system. To that end, Groq welcomes such applicants in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Act Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Act Ordinance. Philadelphia applicants can review information pertaining to Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance here: https://www.phila.gov/documents/fair-chance-hiring-law-poster .

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