General counsel jobs and chief legal officer jobs in San Francisco and the surrounding area, updated daily, plus deputy, associate and assistant general counsel openings for lawyers one step from the top job. San Francisco GC roles come from technology, AI and venture-backed startups, as well as nonprofits and public bodies.
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Who Is Hiring General Counsel in San Francisco
In late October 2026, GoInhouse listed 13 general counsel and chief legal officer openings in San Francisco, plus 50 deputy, associate and assistant general counsel roles. Employers hiring include Rythm Health, Firecrawl, MATS Research, SemiAnalysis, Plasmidsaurus and Hubble Network.
What San Francisco General Counsel Jobs Pay
Of those 13 general counsel openings, 8 posted salary ranges, from $160K to $392K and a median midpoint of about $300K (some figures are base salary only). The 43 deputy, associate and assistant GC postings in San Francisco that list a salary range center around $270K (some figures are base salary only). Posted figures are often base salary only; in-house general counsel pay usually adds a bonus, equity and other long-term incentives (LTI), so total compensation typically runs well above these ranges. Nationally, Major, Lindsey & Africa reports median total cash of $739,000 for public company general counsel and $500,000 at private companies. See our in-house counsel salaries guide for more.
Legal Recruiters in San Francisco
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General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Jobs in San Francisco
- General Counsel at Keystone (San Francisco, CA) – $300K–$450K on November 1, 2026
Keystone is a premier economics, technology, and strategy consulting firm built to help companies lead through transformation. As breakthrough innovations reshape industries, redefine competition and change our society, complex and highly competitive ecosystems emerge. Keystone advises technology leaders, Fortune 100 companies, their legal counsel, and governments on business, economic, litigation, and regulatory strategy in relation to these innovations and competitive eco-systems. We operate...
- General Counsel (Contracts Focus) at Surefox (San Francisco, CA) – $200K–$250K on November 1, 2026
Surefox North America Inc is a veteran owned company that prides itself on creating a diverse and unique culture of trained and talented individuals. We are seeking a General Counsel Counsel with a contracts focus to provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the organization, with primary responsibility for commercial contracting and support of the company’s broader corporate legal needs. This position serves as a trusted legal advisor to executive leadership and business stakeholders...
- Vice President and General Counsel at Wadhwani Foundation (San Francisco, CA) – $300K–$350K on October 28, 2026
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Wadhwani Foundation seeks an accomplished, strategic, and entrepreneurial attorney to serve as its inaugural Vice President & General Counsel (“General Counsel”). They will serve as the chief legal advisor to the Wadhwani Operating Foundation (WOF) and the Wadhwani Charitable Foundation (WCF) (together, “the Foundation”), providing sophisticated legal leadership across a global philanthropic enterprise. Founded by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani in 2001, the Foundation is dedicated to...
- General Counsel, Group at 500 Global (San Francisco, CA) – $250K–$350K on November 2, 2026
Compensation: $250,000 About 500 Global 500 Global is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies. With $2.1B+ in assets under management, 3,000+ portfolio companies across 80+ countries and team members in 26 countries, the firm combines Silicon Valley venture capital with deep local presence across emerging markets. About the Role The General Counsel, Group is the firm’s senior legal officer, owning the legal architecture of its...
- Fractional General Counsel at Open Vision Engineering Inc (San Francisco, CA) – $200–$300/hr on October 27, 2026
Compensation: $200 – $300 per hour About the Role Pocket is looking for a Fractional General Counsel to own, coordinate, and build the company's legal function as we scale globally. We work with a network of leading international law firms across corporate, commercial, employment, privacy, compliance, and litigation matters. Your role is to serve as the central point of ownership for everything legal at Pocket — connecting external counsel with internal teams, setting priorities, driving...
- General Counsel at Rythm Health (San Francisco, CA) on October 26, 2026
ABOUT US Rythm is the fastest-growing lab in America. We redefined at-home testing with the world’s easiest blood test and created a culture around monthly lab testing from home. We’ve processed millions of tests across all 50 states, and we do everything in-house, from sample testing and logistics to code, marketing, and design. That vertical integration gives us the speed, control, and creativity to shape the future of health and wellness. THE ROLE As General Counsel, you'll serve as a key...
- General Counsel at MATS Research (San Francisco, CA) – $300K–$365K on October 25, 2026
About the role MATS is hiring its first General Counsel to build and run the legal function for a growing, multinational nonprofit. Reporting to the COO, you'll be the organization's primary legal advisor: owning contracts and grant agreements, nonprofit governance and compliance, employment law across the US and UK, IP and data privacy, and risk management, while working closely with the CEO, and board on higher-stakes matters. This is a hands-on, generalist legal role at an organization that...
- General Counsel at Firecrawl (San Francisco, CA) – $310K–$392K on October 23, 2026
Compensation: $310K - $392K General Counsel You'll run legal at Firecrawl, all of it. Strategy, risk posture, policy, the team, and the outside firms. Every question about what we can crawl, license, build, sign, and ship comes to you first, and the founders will treat your read as the read. Firecrawl sits on some of the least settled legal ground in technology. The rules for web data access, AI training data, copyright, and who owns machine-generated output are being written right now: in...
- General Counsel at Plasmidsaurus (San Francisco, CA) – $275K–$300K on October 23, 2026
Compensation: $275K - $300K About Plasmidsaurus Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. Our sequencing services are used daily by thousands of innovators, including Nobel laureates, Fortune 100 pharma, and over 70,000 scientists. We began by revolutionizing plasmid sequencing, making it exponentially cheaper and faster, with innovative sequencing technologies and a global network of...
- General Counsel at Gotion, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) – $200K–$300K on October 19, 2026
Gotion Inc. is based in Silicon Valley, CA, currently building a Manufacturing facility in Manteno, IL and has R&D centers in Ohio, China, Japan and Europe. We innovate in the next generation electric vehicle and energy storage technologies (lithium batteries and related systems) with the aim to accelerate electrified transportation and achieve sustainable development. Gotion is powered by a leading power battery technology company that provides solutions for vehicles including the world's...
- General Counsel at SemiAnalysis (San Francisco, CA) on October 18, 2026
Employment Type: Full-Time Work Setting: In-Office/Remote in the US Work Location: San Francisco, Chicago, New York Work Hours: Office hours About SemiAnalysis SemiAnalysis is an independent research and analysis firm specializing in the Semiconductor and AI industries. Our in-depth coverage spans the entire supply chain, from semiconductor fabrication processes to cutting-edge AI Models, software, and infrastructure. We are recognized as the leading authority on the semiconductor supply chain...
- General Counsel at Sydecar (San Francisco, CA) – $300K–$330K on October 16, 2026
Compensation: $300K - $330K About Us Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed. At Sydecar, we're not just a platform; we're a trusted partner in venture capital. We're dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience, empowering capital allocators to discover and support...
- General Counsel at TAR (San Francisco, CA) on October 13, 2026
Mission TAR’s mission is to power intelligence for the world. We are building the world’s first off-grid power plant for data centers powered by renewable technologies. We firmly believe AI should be built in the US for the benefit of all people. For that, power must be fast, clean and scalable. We are singularly focused on delivering GW-scale power faster than anyone has ever done, by rethinking every layer of the stack. We vertically integrate to solve every bottleneck, from racking systems...
- General Counsel at Aspire Public Schools (San Francisco, CA) – $235K–$275K on October 13, 2026
Aspire Public Schools NorCal — General Counsel Job Description About Aspire NorCal Founded in 1998, Aspire Public Schools has served scholars and communities across California for nearly three decades. Following Aspire Los Angeles’s transition into an independent organization, Aspire’s Bay Area and Central Valley regions will come together to form Aspire NorCal. Aspire NorCal will operate 22 schools serving approximately 10,000 scholars across Northern California, with schools located in...
- General Counsel at Hubble Network (San Francisco, CA) – $250K–$350K on October 5, 2026
Hubble Network was founded with the intention of delivering on the promise of what Internet-of-Things (IoT) was supposed to be. We're building a global Bluetooth® network dedicated to machine-to-machine connectivity. We differentiate ourselves as the first modem-less and gateway-less, direct-to-satellite network from off-the-shelf Bluetooth® Low Energy chips. Hubble is ideal for applications in logistics, AgTech, and maritime where economies of scale for volume consumer and enterprise asset...
Deputy, Associate and Assistant General Counsel Jobs in San Francisco
- Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Global Commercial and Privacy at HackerOne (San Francisco, CA) – $300K–$346K on October 30, 2026
Compensation: $300K - $385K HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and the only solution provider that pairs the simultaneous trust of the Fortune 500 and the world's largest community of security researchers to secure the AI-native enterprise. The H1 Platform unites agentic AI solutions with security researchers ingenuity to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions such as...
- Associate General Counsel, IP Product at Meta (San Francisco, CA) – $202K–$274K on November 3, 2026
Meta seeks an attorney with deep experience in online intellectual property issues to serve as Associate General Counsel, IP Product. In this role, you will tackle cutting-edge IP issues on a global scale across Meta’s family of apps, products, and services, including AI, Reality Labs, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and Messenger. You will be at the forefront of IP law and working on novel issues at the intersection of law and technology. These include development of Meta’s AI products...
- Associate General Counsel at Givebutter (San Francisco, CA) – $245K–$275K on November 3, 2026
Compensation: $245K - $275K Company Description Givebutter is the most-loved nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform, empowering millions of changemakers to raise more, pay less, and give better. Nonprofits use Givebutter to replace multiple tools so they can launch fundraisers and events, use donation forms and donor management (CRM), send emails and text blasts—all in one place. Use of the Givebutter platform is completely free with a 100% transparent tip-or-fee model. Givebutter has been...
- Associate General Counsel, Distinguished at Blue Shield of California (San Francisco, CA) on November 3, 2026
Your Role The Government Programs Legal team is responsible for supporting all government programs lines of business. The Associate General Counsel, Distinguished, will report to the Managing Associate General Counsel, Government Programs. In this role you will provide advice and counsel on a broad range of health law issues impacting Blue Shield of California and Promise Health Plan’s government programs lines of business. These programs include Medicare, Medi-CaI (Medicaid), and Duals Special...
- Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, IP & Litigation at Unity Technologies (San Francisco, CA) – $311K–$467K on November 1, 2026
The opportunity In this role, you will lead Unity’s IP and Litigation function by partnering closely with Unity’s Chief Legal Officer and the internal IP team, developing and driving the legal strategy for Unity’s IP portfolio and serving as the company’s senior legal leader for all non-employment litigation and disputes. Your IP remit includes patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights, as well as IP enforcement and defense, open source, IP issues in M&A, and more. You will also lead...
- Assistant General Counsel - Employment at Fifth Third Bank (San Francisco, CA) – $122K–$262K on October 31, 2026
Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. Position not available for immigration sponsorship. GENERAL FUNCTION: The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for employment legal issues and employment-related risk management matters within the Bank. Seeking an Employment Attorney with hands-on experience with California employment litigation matters, including but not...
- Assistant General Counsel at Gridware (San Francisco, CA) on October 30, 2026
About Gridware Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault...
- Senior Assistant General Counsel, Enterprise Privacy Compliance at Intuit (San Francisco, CA) – $265K–$368K on October 29, 2026
Come join our amazing team of leaders, learners, and world-class legal professionals accelerating Intuit’s mission of powering prosperity for consumers and small businesses all over the world. Our Enterprise Privacy team works hand in hand with our business and technology partners to build a privacy program that keeps pace with a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, including the rise of AI-driven products and features. Intuit is hiring a Senior Assistant General Counsel to lead the...
- Associate General Counsel, Corporate at Rippling (San Francisco, CA) on October 29, 2026
About the role We are seeking an Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities to help build and operate a scaled corporate governance and securities compliance function. This is a hands-on role for a lawyer with experience in public-company caliber reporting, governance, and board processes, including recurring quarterly and annual disclosure cycles, disclosure controls, board, audit committee, and compensation committee materials, and cross-functional coordination with finance...
- Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Content Legal at Tubi (San Francisco, CA) – $252K–$350K on October 27, 2026
About the Role: Tubi is seeking a Vice President, Associate General Counsel, attorney to lead our Content Legal team. This role provides legal advice, risk assessment and partnership management to the Content Acquisitions and the Original Content business teams, and leads a team of seven additional attorneys. You'll work cross-functionally with other Tubi business teams, including Marketing, Sales, Product and Finance, as well as with Fox business and legal teams (e.g., Music and Tax). You'll...
- Deputy General Counsel at Open Standard (San Francisco, CA) on October 27, 2026
About Open Standard Open Standard is building internet-native money. Data moved to the cloud, and dollars will move onchain. When they do, stablecoins become core financial infrastructure. Our stablecoin, Open USD (OUSD), is built for that shift. Minting and redeeming are free at any volume. Nearly all reserve revenue goes back to the businesses that grow adoption. The partners who use OUSD govern it, rather than a single issuer. OUSD is live on Base, Ethereum, Solana, and Tempo. Our founding...
- Assistant General Counsel, Disputes at Pattern Energy (San Francisco, CA) – $256K–$320K on October 26, 2026
Overview Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence. Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and...
- Senior Counsel / Associate General Counsel at Loop (San Francisco, CA) – $180K–$250K on October 24, 2026
About the Role Loop is seeking a Senior Counsel or Associate General Counsel (title and level commensurate with experience) to serve as a generalist legal partner across every part of our business as we scale. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will own a broad portfolio spanning commercial contracting, privacy and AI, payments and regulatory, employment, corporate governance, and disputes - providing business-forward advice, managing risk, and building the templates, playbooks, and...
- Associate General Counsel, Product (Integrity) at Meta (San Francisco, CA) – $233K–$313K on October 23, 2026
Meta's product counseling teams provide strategic legal advice to product teams and their business partners across Meta's family of products and services. The organization partners cross-functionally to address complex, novel legal issues in a fast-paced, innovative environment, and it influences business decisions that impact global communities. This individual will be part of the Content, Safety, and Integrity Legal team and will be responsible for providing strategic legal advice to internal...
- Associate General Counsel - AI Product & Privacy at Arena Intelligence (San Francisco, CA) on October 23, 2026
About Arena Intelligence Arena is the platform for evaluating how AI models perform in the real world. Founded by researchers from UC Berkeley's SkyLab, we're on a mission to measure and advance the frontier of AI for real-world use, and to build the foundation for everyone to understand, shape, and benefit from it. Tens of millions of people use Arena each month to evaluate how frontier systems handle the work they actually do. The preferences they share power the most transparent, rigorous...
- Associate General Counsel Corporate at Deepgram (San Francisco, CA) – $250K–$300K on October 23, 2026
Compensation: $250K - $300K Company Overview Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Daily, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native...
- Associate General Counsel, Commercial at Meter (San Francisco, CA) – $205K–$275K on October 23, 2026
Associate General Counsel, Commercial San Francisco, CA · In-Office (Hybrid) About Meter Meter’s mission is to make the internet a utility: a world where any business can turn on reliable, secure, enterprise-grade internet at any physical location as easily as it turns on power or water. Getting there is genuinely hard, because internet and networking have become deeply fragmented and crystallized. So Meter does the whole thing: we design and manufacture our own networking hardware, procure and...
- Associate General Counsel at Span (San Francisco, CA) – $175K–$230K on October 23, 2026
Compensation: $175K - $230K Our Mission SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡ We are a mission-driven company designing, building, and deploying products that electrify the built environment, reduce carbon emissions, and slow the effects of climate change. Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere. Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with...
- Director and Associate General Counsel, Commercial Operations at Form Energy (San Francisco, CA) – $235K–$323K on October 23, 2026
Compensation: $235,110 - $322,955 Are you ready to build America’s energy future? Form Energy is an American manufacturing and energy technology company. We’re revolutionizing energy storage with cost-effective, multi-day technology designed to keep the electric grid secure and reliable, even during extended periods of stress. By strengthening the electric system and reimagining what’s possible, we’re giving clean energy a whole new form! In recent years, Form Energy has earned a number of...
- Associate General Counsel at Real REMAX Group (San Francisco, CA) on October 23, 2026
Who We Are: Real REMAX Group (Nasdaq: REAX) is a publicly traded, fast-growing global real estate brokerage powered by technology and driven by people. Since our founding in 2014, we’ve been reimagining the residential real estate experience. With operations across the U.S., Canada, India, and the District of Columbia, we’re leading the industry with our cutting-edge platform that empowers agents, simplifies the buying and selling journey, and unlocks greater financial opportunities. At Real...
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San Francisco General Counsel Jobs FAQ
What industries hire general counsel in San Francisco?
San Francisco GC and chief legal officer openings come from many sectors, including technology, AI and venture-backed startups, along with nonprofits and public bodies. The listings on this page are updated daily.
What does a general counsel earn in San Francisco?
Of the 13 general counsel openings GoInhouse listed in San Francisco in late October 2026, 8 posted salary ranges, from $160K to $392K and a median midpoint of about $300K (some figures are base salary only). The 43 deputy, associate and assistant GC postings in San Francisco that list a salary range center around $270K (some figures are base salary only). Nationally, Major, Lindsey & Africa reports median total cash of $739,000 for public company general counsel and $500,000 at private companies; our in-house counsel salaries guide has more.
Why does this page also list deputy and associate general counsel jobs?
Deputy, associate and assistant general counsel roles are the usual step before the top job, and many GCs are promoted from them, so we list them below the general counsel openings.
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Updated October 2026.