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# Legal Counsel – Finance and Corporate Development at Crusoe

- **Company:** [Crusoe](https://feeny.ai/companies/crusoe)
- **Location:** Dallas, TX / United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crusoe/0283ec09-f191-41a4-b62f-ccb33d91bc06

## Job description

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.

We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.

We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.

If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.

## About This Role

Crusoe is seeking a Legal Counsel – Finance and Corporate Development to join our team. Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel (AGC) – Finance and Corporate Development, this high-impact position operates at the intersection of corporate finance and strategic transactions. You will be a member of a lean, growing team and a trusted advisor on some of the company’s most consequential work, including major corporate- and project-level debt financings for a well-funded technology infrastructure company. This role is well-suited for a candidate who enjoys executing high-velocity corporate transactions and supporting ongoing covenant compliance, equally comfortable leading a negotiation as they are running a closing. The ideal candidate is a proven solution-oriented deal specialist who can translate their significant, substantive transactional expertise to new deal types and structures.

## What You’ll Be Working On

- Corporate & Strategic Transactions: Execute corporate financing and capital markets transactions, including revolving credit facilities, asset-backed term loans, and structured finance, from term sheet through closing, driving deals independently with input and guidance from the AGC. Advise Finance stakeholders regarding contract terms, legal and business risks, and other critical transaction matters. Support corporate development/strategic transactions as requested.
- Agreement Drafting & Negotiation: Draft, review, structure, and negotiate term sheets and definitive agreements, including credit agreements, parent guarantees, security packages, and ancillary documents, exercising strong judgment on risk allocation and deal structure.
- Due Diligence & Deal Management: Support the Finance team on due diligence and manage document flow and closing logistics across outside counsel and internal teams.
- Post-Closing & Compliance: Support the Finance team with ongoing covenant compliance.
- Entity Management & Operations: Support entity formations, intercompany transactions, and related corporate functions. Maintain organized internal deal files and develop standardized templates to improve team efficiency and transaction consistency.
- Cross-Functional Communication and Support: You will work closely across multiple business teams, including Finance and Corporate Development, Cloud Sales, Digital Infrastructure, and Commercial. You will present complex legal concepts clearly to the AGC and non-legal audiences, coordinating between outside counsel and internal teams.

## What You’ll Bring to the Team

- Education & Bar: Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active bar admission in any state.
- Experience: 7-10 years of transactional legal experience, with significant and progressive experience in complex corporate and finance transactions at a top-tier law firm or in-house legal department.
- Teamwork: Highly collaborative, low-ego, adaptable team player who thrives working within a small team to learn, problem-solve, achieve shared outcomes, and drive culture.
- Technical Expertise and Deal Management: Expertise in drafting, structuring, and negotiating loan or other financing documentation with exceptional attention to detail.
- Business Acumen: Demonstrated strong business judgment, with a proven ability to balance legal risks against commercial objectives.
- Governance Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of corporate governance and compliance best practices.
- Execution Under Pressure: Experience managing multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Discretion: Handles highly sensitive and confidential information with the utmost professionalism.
- Tech Stack: Proficiency with Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and AI tools.
- Safety and Compliance: This position is designated a safety-sensitive position and/or is located in a safety-sensitive facility. Drug and alcohol program participation is required.

Bonus Points:

- Prior experience at a startup, AI company, digital infrastructure, or high-growth venture business.
- Understanding of real estate transactions, construction / construction finance, and project development.
- Experience working with investment banks, capital markets desks, institutional lenders, or investors.

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks & programs specific to location

## Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $220,000 -$260,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

## About Crusoe

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Crusoe is an energy-first AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates hyperscale data centers and a cloud platform purpose-built for artificial intelligence workloads.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E)
- **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, USA
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Chase Lochmiller and Cully Cavness

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: AI Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Clean Energy
- Target customers: Enterprise AI companies, AI-native startups, research institutions, government agencies (B2B)
- **Mission**: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence."

## Products & Services
- **Crusoe Cloud**: An AI-optimized cloud platform purpose-built for AI workloads, featuring high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, and optimized RDMA networking. Claims to deploy models up to 20x faster and cut costs by up to 81%.
- **Crusoe Managed Inference**: A managed AI inference service built with Crusoe's proprietary MemoryAlloy technology, offering best-in-class speed, throughput, and reliability. Features the Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for model selection and API key management.
- **AI Data Center Infrastructure**: Vertically integrated design, build, and operation of hyperscale AI factories (e.g., the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX). Modular, scalable construction for power-hungry AI workloads.
- **Crusoe Managed Kubernetes & Slurm**: Managed orchestration services that eliminate operational overhead for customers.
- **Crusoe AutoClusters**: Fault-tolerant, managed cluster services for large-scale AI training.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Raised over $1.8B+ in total funding (Series E in 2024 was $1B+; Series D in 2024 was $600M; Series C in 2021 was $350M).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: NVIDIA, NYDIG, GE Vernova, Redwood Materials, Tallgrass, AMD. The company has also partnered with leading energy and technology firms to power its data centers.
- **Growth Signals**: Divested bitcoin mining business to NYDIG in 2023 to focus exclusively on AI infrastructure; broke ground on the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX; expanded into Europe with a geothermal/hydro-powered deployment in Iceland; announced 1.8 GW Wyoming data center with Tallgrass; acquired GPU memory optimization startup Atero and established a Tel Aviv office.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Energy-First Approach**: The company’s core differentiator is its vertical integration starting from energy sourcing. It uses "environmentally aligned power sources" (wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, natural gas with carbon capture) to power its AI factories, including pioneering technology to convert wasted natural gas into energy.
- **Vertical Integration**: Controls the entire stack—from finding innovative energy sources to building and managing hyperscale data centers and operating the cloud platform.
- **NVIDIA Partnership**: Close partnership with NVIDIA, providing access to the latest and highest-performance GPU hardware for its cloud and infrastructure.
- **Proven Performance**: Claims 99.98% uptime, 100% customer satisfaction score, and significant cost/performance advantages (up to 81% cost reduction).

## Strategic Focus
- **Massive Infrastructure Expansion**: Aggressively scaling its data center footprint, with major projects in Abilene, Texas (Stargate) and Wyoming (Tallgrass), and expansion into Europe.
- **Deepening AI Cloud**: Continuing to build out its Crusoe Cloud platform with managed services (Kubernetes, Slurm, AutoClusters) to make it easier for AI companies to use their infrastructure.
- **Responsible AI**: Emphasizing sustainability and responsible AI governance, as evidenced by achieving ISO 42001 certification and publishing an ESG report.
- **Acquisition-led Growth**: Acquired Atero (GPU memory optimization) to enhance its core technology stack.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: The company is united by a tangible mission: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence." Employees report high levels of engagement (92% proud to work there per internal survey).
- **Massive Growth Trajectory**: Crusoe is at the center of the AI infrastructure boom, building some of the world's most powerful AI factories. For job seekers, this means exposure to cutting-edge technology and the opportunity to scale a company from a startup to an industry leader.
- **Culture**: The company values "moving fast and making things," continuous learning, and collective genius. It describes itself as an "AI factory company" that values velocity and impact.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid/Office presence required in most roles. Office locations include: Denver (HQ), San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Tulsa, Dublin (Ireland), and Tel Aviv (Israel).
- **Benefits**: Competitive compensation & equity, comprehensive health & wellness, mental health resources, retirement plans, paid time off, leave of absence programs, learning & development, volunteer time off, daily meals allowance, and other location-specific perks.
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on technical excellence, working with large-scale systems, and pioneering new approaches to energy and infrastructure. The company values candidates' "AI fluency" in its hiring process.

## Sources
1. [crusoe.ai](https://www.crusoe.ai/)
2. [crusoe.ai/careers](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers)
3. [crusoe.ai/about/culture](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers/culture)
4. [crusoe.ai/about/company](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/company)

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