CoinTracker - Senior Counsel
Requirements
• 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) • The starting salary for this position is between $201,000 - $236,000 USD. Candidate's location does not impact the posted salary range. • The actual compensation offered will be based on a variety of job-related factors including relevant skills, education, and experience. This position also includes equity in CoinTracker and benefits like medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, and PTO.
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 • What we look for • Impact: Demonstrated ability to drive outsized business impact • Mission alignment: Strong personal conviction in crypto; hungry to make progress on our mission of enabling everyone to use crypto with peace of mind. • Trust: Say what you believe. Do what you say. Take ownership broadly • Communication: Clear and concise; able to distill complex legal concepts into plain language • 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
Benefits
• Your mission • Your mission • 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. • Your one-year outcomes • Trusted legal partner across the company. You proactively surface legal risks, provide clear guidance on product decisions, and are seen by the team as an accelerant — not a blocker. • All commercial agreements handled in-house. Partner agreements, customer contracts, and vendor agreements are drafted, negotiated, and managed internally at high quality. • Product development moves faster with legal clarity. Product and engineering teams have clear legal guardrails and timely guidance for launching new features and product lines. • Corporate and regulatory risk is well-managed. Governance, privacy, employment matters, and compliance are systematically addressed with risks surfaced early.
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