Senior Counsel, Regulatory & Product San Francisco, CA

Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.

We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

Faire is hiring a Senior Counsel, Regulatory & Product to advise the teams building our marketplace and to help us engage with the regulatory developments that shape it. This role is ideal for someone as excited about shaping the law as they are about advising on it. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, you'll partner closely with our product and engineering teams, helping them craft practical solutions to navigate legal complexity. You'll also build the muscle for identifying and tracking the legislative and regulatory developments that matter to Faire and to the brands and retailers on our platform. Working with stakeholders across the company and externally, you'll develop and advance positions to help the small businesses on our platform, and the local communities they anchor, thrive.

What you’ll do

• Partner directly with Faire’s engineering, product, data, and design teams to provide practical legal guidance across a wide range of legal domains on product development and go-to-market strategy
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments across local, state and federal jurisdictions and evaluate the potential implications for Faire and the small businesses that use our platform
• Develop Faire's positions on potential legislation and regulation in partnership with stakeholders across the business
• Translate emerging legal and regulatory obligations into practical product and operational requirements
• Manage relationships with trade associations, coalitions, and external consultants to ensure cohesive advocacy efforts and alignment on priorities
• Support Faire’s engagement and advocacy efforts with regulators, legislators, and their staff

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and an active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm, in‑house, in government, and/or at a judicial clerkship
• Meaningful exposure to how law and policy get made, either as a legislative aide, in an agency or administration, or through regulatory advocacy
• Willingness to travel
• Experience counseling product teams and/or online marketplaces is a plus
• Actively experimenting with AI in legal work, and excited to go deeper
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to provide risk‑calibrated and solution‑focused advice to product and engineering teams
• Scrappy and resourceful – when something needs to get done, you find a way to make it happen

Salary Range

San Francisco: the pay range for this role is $196,000 to $269,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in‑office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly.
• Equipped to scale: We invest in what matters, including the latest enterprise AI tools, to help you work smarter and get more out of every day.
• Best in class: Our team is full of sharp, kind, and generous colleagues who care about their craft and about helping you grow in yours.
• Real rewards. Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life inside and outside of work.
• Belonging: We're intentional about building an environment where every Faire employee has equal access to opportunities, growth, and success.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog .

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (