Corporate Counsel

Sardine Legal Counsel

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine's platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

We have hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo. However, we maintain a remote-first work culture. Work from anywhere.

We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation. We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

Remote - US / Canada. From home / beach / mountain / cafe / anywhere! We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed team. You can find your productive zone and work from there.

In this role, you will work closely with Sardine's Sales, Product, Partnerships, Compliance, Procurement, and Engineering teams while owning the drafting, administration and negotiation of commercial contracts and building infrastructure to support our commercial customers at scale. You will also support various special projects that arise at our fast-paced, mission-focused company.

Collaborate closely with globally-distributed Sales, Account Management, and Procurement organizations to engage with current and future customers, review proposed contractual edits, and help negotiate and close important deals

Draft and negotiate various agreements (NDAs, SaaS, vendor contracts, partnerships, etc.)

Provide product counseling and risk assessments for the development of new features and product offerings, as well as marketing initiatives and user-facing materials

Support rollout and improvement of contract lifecycle management and associated platforms, including through template, workflow, playbook, and training material development

Monitor and respond to day-to-day legal inquiries from cross-functional teams and help with ad hoc legal projects

Provide practical advice on regulatory, data privacy, and cybersecurity matters, including with respect to GDPR, GLBA, CCPA/CPRA, and other state privacy laws and other regulations.

JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state bar and/or European country

3-5 years of relevant experience at a reputable law firm and/or in-house legal department

Experience supporting a sales organization

Ability to take ownership of your work and manage projects independently

Comfort and skill in navigating complexity and ambiguity, and working on a leanly staffed team

Ability to work autonomously and under pressure, and meet tight deadlines

Generous compensation in cash and equity

Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

Flexible paid time off and Year-end break

Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific

4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific

MacBook Pro delivered to your door

One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.

Monthly meal stipend

Monthly social meet-up stipend

Annual health and wellness stipend

Annual Learning stipend

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.