Senior Counsel
About The Position
CoinTracker makes cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance simple. CoinTracker enables consumers and businesses to seamlessly track their cryptocurrency portfolio, investment performance, taxes, and more. We are a globally distributed team on a mission to enable everyone in the world to use crypto with peace of mind. Learn more about our mission, culture, and hiring process. Serve as CoinTracker's first dedicated legal hire, leading the Legal function end-to-end — including commercial agreements, product counsel, corporate governance, and people matters — while enabling product velocity by providing risk-calibrated, business-oriented legal guidance.
Requirements
- 7-10 years of legal experience post-law school with a mix of law firm and in-house
- Strong commercial drafting and negotiation skills — can build contracts from scratch
- Experience serving as product counsel, partnering with Product/Engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to provide risk-calibrated advice that enables (not blocks) product development
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous regulatory environments
- Experience at a high-growth technology company
- Self-starter who thrives with autonomy
Nice To Haves
- Top-tier law firm background (Goodwin, Cooley, Wilson Sonsini, Latham, etc.)
- Experience at a crypto or fintech company
- Familiarity with crypto regulatory landscape (SEC, FinCEN, state regulations, MiCA)
- Background in data privacy (GDPR, CCPA)
Responsibilities
- Lead the Legal function at CoinTracker across commercial, product, corporate, and people matters
- Draft, negotiate, and manage all commercial agreements (partnership deals, customer contracts, vendor agreements, DPAs)
- Partner with Product and Engineering to provide risk-calibrated legal guidance on new features, product lines, and international expansion
- Manage corporate governance, equity matters, and board-related legal work
- Handle people-related legal matters (employment agreements, policies, compliance)
- Build legal infrastructure from scratch: contract templates, playbooks, and self-serve resources
- Manage external counsel relationships for specialized matters (IP, regulatory, litigation)
- Advise on crypto regulatory developments and their implications for CoinTracker's product
Benefits
- equity in CoinTracker
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k)
- life insurance
- PTO
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
