# General Counsel at Plasmidsaurus > United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aplasmidsaurus%3Adba3ba98-c75e-4de9-8a82-bf5ec005f772 (read 2026-11-04). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Plasmidsaurus](https://alderhq.app/companies/plasmidsaurus) - Location text: San Francisco - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco") - Posted: 2026-10-21 (13 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/plasmidsaurus/dba3ba98-c75e-4de9-8a82-bf5ec005f772 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $275k–$300k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 1639): p25 $107k, median $163k, p75 $222k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 4, median offered wage $50k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) - Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Plasmidsaurus Ltd" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers)) ## Description (the employer's text) ### 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 laboratories that turn samples into answers in hours, not weeks. Now we are expanding that same disruptive model across all of genomics. With the launch of our new RNA-seq service, we are taking a bold step toward our vision to sequence everything, providing scientists everywhere with faster, simpler, and more affordable access to the data that powers discovery. Every team member at Plasmidsaurus plays a crucial role in driving the future of biotech research. Together, we are building the world’s most efficient sequencing engine that operates overnight, scales globally, and helps scientists make breakthroughs faster than ever before. ### Role Overview Plasmidsaurus is looking for its first full-time General Counsel to help us navigate the legal complexities of a rapidly growing, high-impact, global business. You’ll be a key advisor to our founders and leadership team, helping us make better decisions, pursue opportunities, and identify material risks before they become costly problems. We’re looking for a leader who we can rely on for strong commercial and corporate legal expertise, sound business judgment, and the ability to turn complicated legal questions into clear paths forward. This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll be a part of the team navigating exceptional growth opportunities for the company, and you’ll be trusted to build a lean, effective legal function that supports our ambitions without slowing us down. What You'll Do Advise the business. Partner with our founders and leadership team on consequential decisions, proactively identifying material legal risks and opportunities, evaluating trade-offs, and developing practical paths forward. Lead commercial legal matters. Structure, draft, and negotiate customer, supplier, technology, and strategic partnership agreements, personally leading high-stakes negotiations and establishing efficient processes for routine agreements, while balancing commercial objectives with appropriate protections. Guide our global corporate strategy. Advise on international operations, entity structures, inter-company arrangements, expansion, and significant corporate transactions, identifying gaps and exposures as our global business evolves. Protect our intellectual property and business interests. Partner with scientific and technical leaders to establish an effective approach to IP protection, ownership, licensing, and commercialization, leveraging specialist counsel where appropriate. Navigate regulatory and compliance matters. Help leadership anticipate and address legal implications of new products, markets, and business models, including laboratory and clinical regulation, data privacy, cross-border movement of biological materials, export controls, and other relevant requirements. Own corporate legal and governance matters. Support the CEO and board on governance, corporate obligations, strategic transactions, and other significant legal matters. Build our legal function. Establish the processes, resources, and outside counsel relationships needed to provide responsive, reliable legal support across the business, prioritizing by business impact and keeping bureaucracy and costs in check. ### What Success Looks Like Our founders and leadership team consider you a trusted adviser, engaging you early in important decisions and relying on your judgment to navigate complex situations. We have a clear understanding of our most consequential legal risks and opportunities, including issues we hadn't previously recognized, with practical plans to address the issues that matter most. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Aplasmidsaurus%3Adba3ba98-c75e-4de9-8a82-bf5ec005f772 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.