Fintech Counsel

As part of Strike’s small legal team, you will help shape the legal, product, and business strategy for a fast-growing fintech company. We’re seeking an attorney with financial services, product counseling, and/or in-house tech company experience. This cross-functional role blends product, regulatory, and commercial counsel responsibilities, and requires an autodidactic mindset to tackle legal issues in collaboration with a range of internal teams.

The ideal candidate should thrive working in an ambitious and fast-paced startup environment and be excited about Strike’s mission and potential. You must be comfortable with a team-first approach in a remote work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Navigate a complex regulatory and commercial landscape to help design and launch innovative products and services in various jurisdictions.
• Partner with a range of internal teams, including Product, Business, Engineering and Data Science, Compliance, CX, Comms, and Marketing, to identify and solve legal challenges throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Negotiate and finalize commercial agreements from a variety of domains.
• Manage outside counsel in the U.S. and international jurisdictions for subject matter expertise concerning issues related to your products and projects.
• Research novel legal questions and provide clear and actionable guidance to internal clients.
• Build processes to improve the legal team’s and the company’s operating efficiency and help mitigate legal risk.
• Liaise with and coordinate, draft, and review written communications to regulators.

Requirements:

• Member of a US State Bar
• JD from an ABA-accredited law school
• 4+ years of legal work experience
• Extensive background in drafting and negotiating agreements
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Keen attention to detail and organization
• Strong project management and analytical skills
• Ability to learn new software and cloud-based tools as needed

Nice-to-haves:

• 6+ years of legal work experience
• At least one of the following work experiences:
  • Top law firm or state or federal clerkships
  • Financial regulator at the state or federal level
  • In-house legal teams at technology companies (ideally fintech)
• Legal education: degree from top law school or recognized academic achievement in law school
• Experience in the cryptocurrency or payments space
• Experience with international expansion
• Experience working with outside counsel in international contexts
• Experience with commercial relationships relevant to fintech, including SAAS agreements, technology transactions, and consulting agreements