Employment Counsel (Fintech)

TL;DR

Employment Counsel (Fintech): Managing the full spectrum of employment legal matters for a rapidly scaling global workforce with an accent on policy infrastructure, employee relations, and litigation management. Focus on building core employment frameworks from scratch, resolving complex HR issues independently, and ensuring compliance in a fast-moving, regulated environment.

Location: On-site in New York, USA.

Company

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform, enabling users to trade on real-world events across politics, economics, and culture.

What you will do

• Draft and review offer letters, contractor agreements, and advisor arrangements to ensure legal soundness.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor to the People team for daily employment-related inquiries.
• Manage employee complaints, performance documentation, and termination decisions from intake to resolution.
• Coordinate employment litigation and agency charges, including managing outside counsel.
• Build and maintain core employment infrastructure, including handbooks, severance frameworks, and policy materials.
• Proactively identify and mitigate employment-related risks across the organization.

Requirements

• JD with active bar membership in good standing.
• 5+ years of employment law experience in-house or at a firm with direct client counseling.
• Proven experience working directly with HR or People teams on a daily basis.
• Hands-on experience managing employment litigation and agency charges (EEOC, state equivalents, civil litigation).
• Demonstrated ability to independently handle classification, employee relations, and termination decisions.
• Experience building or overhauling core employment documents from the ground up.

Nice to have

• Experience working at a crypto, fintech, or similarly regulated company.
• Experience building employment policies at a high-growth startup.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Unlimited PTO policy.
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401k matching program.
• Full hardware setup including a new MacBook Pro and accessories.