Counsel Law and Compliance

We’re a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders. Our infrastructure makes stablecoins usable in the real‑world by powering card transactions, cross‑border payments, B2B purchases, remittances, and more. We partner with fintechs, neobanks, and institutions to help them launch solutions that are global, inclusive, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company that is funded by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS, including Sapphire Ventures, Norwest, Galaxy Ventures, Lightspeed, Khosla, and several more. If you’re curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we’d love to talk.

Our Ethos We believe in an open and flat structure. About the Team We’re looking for a Payments Counsel to join our growing Legal team. You’ll be a trusted advisor across the business, ensuring our products, licenses, and partnerships are structured and executed in compliance with applicable payments regulations. This is a highly cross‑functional role, working closely with Compliance, Risk, Product, and Business Development.

S. and EU payments regulations, including state money transmission laws, federal banking regulations, PSD2/PSD3, EMD2, e‑money licensing, card network rules, and virtual asset frameworks.

Partner with Compliance and Licensing teams on MTL applications, international licenses, and ongoing obligations.

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements with banks, payment processors, card networks, and vendors.

Manage relationships with outside counsel on specialized regulatory or jurisdictional issues.

Stay ahead of regulatory changes affecting payments, crypto, and fintech; help shape internal strategy and external engagement.

A JD from a top-level law program. Preference for US-trained lawyers, but international JDs will be considered.

At least 5–8 years of legal experience, focused on payments, fintech, financial services regulation, or related areas.

Strong understanding of US and EU payments regulations, including state MTLs, the Durbin Amendment, RegulationE, PSD2/PSD3, EMD2, EMI licensing, and card network rules.

Experience advising on commercial contracts and regulatory issues for fintech or payments companies.

Bonus attributes: Digital assets/crypto regulatory experience (e.g., Prior in‑house experience at a fintech, payments company, or financial regulator.

Flexible working We support a flexible workplace, if you feel comfortable at home please work from home. If you’d like to work with others in an office feel free to come in. Easy to access benefits For US Rainmakers, we offer comprehensive health, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents, as well as a 100% company subsidized life insurance plan.

Retirement goals Plan for the future with confidence. Equity plan We offer every Rainmaker an equity option plan so we can all benefit from our success.

Health and Wellness High performance begins from within. Time spent together helps us get to know each other, strengthen our relationships, and build a common destiny.