Senior Legal Counsel - Customer, Technology & Intellectual Property

Firmus Technologies is a global player in AI infrastructure across the Asia Pacific region. Founded in Australia in 2019, the company aims to build highly efficient AI systems with a strong focus on sustainability. They design, build and operate a new class of digital infrastructure called the AI Factory, using their model-to-grid technology to push energy efficiency and deliver low-cost AI tokens globally. The team is founder-led, decisions move quickly, and leaders are accessible, with a culture that favours ownership and hands-on impact.

Firmus AI Cloud, the company’s GPU cloud platform, is built to deliver energy-efficient AI compute at scale for developers, enterprises, universities and government users. It offers a growing suite of services and aims to provide a cloud experience that is market-leading and scalable. The business partners with NVIDIA in Asia Pacific, creating opportunities to work across the AI stack and the broader technology ecosystem.

Diversity is a real focus for the company. Firmus encourages candidates from all backgrounds who want to help build a more sustainable future through advanced engineering solutions. If you’re driven and curious, there’s a path for you to grow into new domains and take on challenges beyond your previous experience.

Shaping deals and IP for the AI factory

The Senior Legal Counsel for Customer, Technology & IP sits as a senior member of the legal team, delivering strategic, commercially minded legal support across customer, technology and intellectual property matters. Reporting to the General Counsel, the role serves as a trusted adviser to business leaders on complex legal, commercial and regulatory issues, helping the company identify opportunities, manage risk and execute growth plans.

In this role you’ll work closely with sales, product, technology, operations, security and commercial teams to negotiate and manage customer and commercial arrangements that underpin Firmus’ AI Factory platform. You’ll lead legal support for significant customer engagements, technology initiatives and IP matters, offering practical, solutions-focused guidance in a fast-growing technology environment.

The right candidate will bring strong technical legal expertise, solid commercial judgment and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to work autonomously across a broad range of matters. This is a chance to contribute to projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure and cloud computing while supporting the growth of one of the region’s most innovative infrastructure platforms.

What this role needs from you

• You have eight to ten years of post-qualification experience, demonstrated in either a top-tier law firm or a sophisticated in-house setting.
• Your background includes strong exposure to technology, intellectual property, privacy and data protection, plus customer and commercial contracting and consumer law.
• You can negotiate and manage complex customer, technology and commercial arrangements with a clear view on risk and practical outcomes.
• Commercial judgment is one of your core strengths, and you routinely provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented advice in fast-moving environments.
• Autonomy is second nature to you, and you communicate clearly with stakeholders while guiding cross-functional teams toward outcomes.
• Your communication and negotiation skills are excellent, and you can influence at all levels of the business.
• Qualifications include a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent, plus Australian admission and eligibility for a practising certificate.

• Experience in technology, cloud, software, telecommunications, digital infrastructure, AI or data centre sectors.
• Experience advising on privacy, cybersecurity, technology procurement, software licensing and cross-border regulatory matters.
• Experience supporting rapidly scaling technology businesses and enterprise customer environments.

Where you’ll be based and how you’ll work

This is a permanent full-time, onsite role with location options in Sydney, Melbourne or Singapore. The role reports to the General Counsel & Company Secretary.

Guidance for applicants

Lead your resume with your eight-to-ten years of PQE and the most relevant technology, IP, and commercial contracting experience you’ve gathered, especially where you’ve negotiated complex customer or tech agreements.

When you describe your must-have skills, back them with concrete examples: show how you’ve managed risk, advised cross-functional teams, and delivered practical legal solutions in fast-growth tech settings.

Be ready to talk through privacy, data protection and export controls, and how you’ve handled cross-border regulatory matters or software licensing in ways that protected the business while enabling growth.

Think of a thoughtful question to ask the team, such as how the legal group collaborates with founders and other departments to develop templates, policies and frameworks that support scaling the AI Factory platform.