Legal Counsel
Role Summary
Join Ultralytics as a Legal Counsel in London, where you will be the first in-house lawyer responsible for shaping the legal department and managing AI licensing agreements.
About the Organisation
At Ultralytics, we commit to relentless innovation in the AI space and seek team members who resonate with our ambition to produce the world's best YOLO AI models. If you're obsessed with AI, eager to make an impact on the world, and thrive in dynamic, high-intensity environments, we invite you to apply for a position on our team.
Minimum Requirements
๐ Cultural fit
At Ultralytics, we set bold goals and execute with speed, precision, and teamwork. We're driven by hard work, ambition, and resilience โ building fast, learning constantly, and delivering measurable impact.
This is an intense startup environment. You'll be expected to work with urgency, take full ownership, make decisions without perfect information, and deliver high-quality work at pace.
- UK-qualified solicitor or equivalent, with genuine experience working across multiple jurisdictions.
- Hands-on experience negotiating or enforcing copyleft/open-source licenses, including AGPL, GPL, or similar models.
- Experience converting unauthorized commercial use into paying licensing customers.
- Strong track record of drafting and negotiating SaaS, technology licensing, distribution, and other commercial agreements independently.
- Comfortable operating as the sole in-house lawyer and building a legal function from scratch.
- Working knowledge of GDPR, data processing agreements, and cross-border data transfers.
- Excellent judgment, commercial awareness, written communication, and stakeholder management.
- In-house experience at an AI, computer vision, or open-source software company.
- Familiarity with Ultralytics, YOLO, or comparable dual-licensed open-source projects.
- Experience with SCA tooling, SPDX, SBOMs, or license-scanning tools.
- Experience with AI governance, emerging technology regulation, or software IP enforcement.
- Spanish, Mandarin, or another relevant language.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to qualified candidates with a legal background in technology and AI, but specific eligibility for international applicants is unclear.
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