Senior Counsel (Fintech)

Location: New York, NY; hybrid workplace

Base salary: $180,000–$250,000 per year, plus potential equity, performance incentives, and comprehensive benefits.

Company

Fun builds infrastructure for consumer-facing fintech applications, including onboarding, account access, and money movement for blockchain-based financial systems.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and close integration partnership agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, and other commercial documents.
• Support regulatory analysis, product counseling, corporate governance, financing matters, employment issues, and other legal matters.
• Partner with Business Development, Product, and Finance to translate commercial objectives into clear legal terms.
• Use AI and modern legal tools to accelerate drafting, research, and review while maintaining quality.
• Build legal processes, templates, and playbooks for a rapidly scaling organization.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited US law school and admission to practice in at least one US jurisdiction.
• At least 2 years at a top-tier law firm focused on technology transactions, M&A, or commercial contracts.
• Exceptional legal drafting skills with a focus on clarity, precision, and speed.
• Ability to operate in a high-velocity environment with turnaround expectations measured in hours.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with business counterparts.
• Interest in using AI and technology tools to improve legal work product.

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a growth-stage technology company.
• Familiarity with payments infrastructure, fintech, or digital assets.
• Experience with cross-border commercial agreements or international corporate structures.
• Experience supporting enterprise sales teams on complex, multi-stakeholder deals.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work alongside and receive mentorship from the General Counsel.
• Exposure to the full in-house legal function within a rapidly scaling organization.
• Potential equity ownership and performance incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits and regularly benchmarked compensation.