Contracts Manager
Company websitefireworks.ai (Fireworks AI, opens in new tab)
Base salary $250K to $300K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Mateo, CA
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- LocationSan Mateo, CA
- WorkplaceHybrid
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About Us:
Fireworks is the platform for specialized intelligence, enabling companies to build, train, and serve AI models tailored to their own data, workflows, and products. Founded by the team behind PyTorch and backed by AMD, Atreides, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and TCV, Fireworks powers production AI with hundreds of state-of-the-art open models across text, image, embedding, audio, and multimodal workloads. Today, Fireworks is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion, bringing together an ambitious, collaborative team that's building the future of enterprise AI.
About the Legal team
We're building the infrastructure that democratizes access to intelligence. By serving state-of-the-art models to enterprises and advancing open source, we enable organizations to truly own their own intelligence. Our legal team exists to make that mission possible, responsibly and at scale, because we believe broad access to AI is one of the most consequential things we can build for society. Our legal team is defined by high integrity, high character, and high trust. We're low-ego, collaborative, kind, and supportive people who are genuinely excited to be part of a team. We win together or not at all.
About the role
As Contracts Manager, you'll be a foundational member of our growing legal team, owning the high-volume contracting that keeps the business moving. You'll draft, review, and negotiate the standard agreements that underpin our commercial and operational activity and operate with significant independence and judgment. This role initially reports to the General Counsel.
What you'll do.
Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements supporting Fireworks’ customer and procurement relationships.
Build and maintain scalable contracting and compliance frameworks to enable a growing legal team to keep pace with the business.
Partner closely with legal, finance, and business teams to drive agreements from request to signature.
Manage multiple contract workstreams in parallel under fast timelines while maintaining high quality.
Minimum Qualifications
10+ years managing commercial contracts in-house, at a law firm, or in a contracts or procurement function.
Strong hands-on drafting and redlining across a broad range of standard commercial contracts and ability to carry negotiations independently.
Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and the ability to manage high volume without dropping quality.
Demonstrated ownership of a contract lifecycle end to end, including post-signature obligation management
AI-forward, builder’s mindset, with a demonstrated ability to use AI tools to streamline daily workflows and accelerate efficiency.
Total compensation for this role also includes meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup, along with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer.
Why Fireworks?
Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.
Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.
Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($250,000) is above 79% of the 415 Legal roles in California listed on this site; 7 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $182,070; the middle half runs from $140,000 to $230,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingContracts Manager$250K to $300K
Founding Data Scientist, Capacity & Pricing Optimization$250K to $300K
Head of GTM Strategy and Planning$250K to $300K
Legal Operations Specialist$250K to $300K
Director of General Ledger Accounting$260K
Head of Deal Desk$260K to $300K
Head of Process & Controls - Finance and Operations$260K to $270K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Contracts Manager (this listing) | $250K - $300K |
| Founding Data Scientist, Capacity & Pricing Optimization | $250K - $300K |
| Head of GTM Strategy and Planning | $250K - $300K |
| Legal Operations Specialist | $250K - $300K |
| Director of General Ledger Accounting | $260K |
| Head of Deal Desk | $260K - $300K |
| Head of Process & Controls - Finance and Operations | $260K - $270K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-15
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Mateo
USD 250,000 – 300,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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