Corporate Counsel (Fintech)

Location: Fully remote, based in the United States; Washington, D.C. area preferred. Must work Eastern Time business hours; Central Time also considered.

Salary: $190,000–$220,000, based on experience, skills, and location.

Company

hirify.global is a profitable, bootstrapped fundraising and donor management SaaS platform serving more than 100,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate enterprise SaaS customer agreements, partnership agreements, vendor contracts, and channel arrangements.
• Build contract playbooks, templates, approval thresholds, and scalable legal processes that support sales and partnerships.
• Own privacy, regulatory, payments, PCI, AI, data, security, and compliance legal work, including GDPR, CCPA, and state privacy laws.
• Advise on customer escalations, fraud, disputes, investigations, litigation, employment matters, worker classification, and international hiring.
• Manage corporate governance, equity administration through Carta, the insurance program, trademarks, IP protection, and Board and executive legal support.
• Manage outside counsel and the Senior Compliance Manager while delivering a prioritized legal roadmap during the first 90 days.

Requirements

• U.S. law degree (J.D.) and active bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
• 5+ years of legal experience, including at least 4 years in-house at a SaaS or high-growth technology company.
• Experience as the sole or most senior lawyer at a company, or as the #2 lawyer on a legal team of five or fewer.
• Hands-on experience negotiating enterprise SaaS and partnership agreements.
• Hands-on experience with employment matters, including terminations, investigations, and employment agreements.
• Working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, PCI, privacy, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience managing outside law firms and an outside counsel budget.
• Ability to understand technical concepts, including AI and data systems, and advise on them confidently.
• Sound business judgment, comfort making decisions under ambiguity, and ability to explain legal issues clearly to executives and non-lawyers.

Nice to have

• Experience managing or mentoring another legal or compliance professional.
• Experience in payments or fintech, nonprofit technology, online fundraising, faith-based organizations, marketplace or platform regulation, hardware supply chains, international expansion, equity administration, financings, or M&A.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work from home with a distributed team across 16+ states and 23+ countries.
• 21 days of time off, 8 designated or floating holidays, 2 paid volunteer days, and 5 sick days.
• Employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with an employer match of up to 4%, employee equity eligibility, and reimbursement for home office and professional development expenses up to $1,500.
• Wellness program with fitness and mindfulness classes.

Hiring process

• Seven stages: application and questions, Talent Team prescreen, Hiring Manager interview, assignment, panel interview, executive interview, and background and reference checks.
• The employer participates in E-Verify for newly hired U.S. employees.