Cardless is transforming the credit card landscape by empowering innovative brands to offer their customers world-class, digital-first, and seamlessly integrated credit card experiences.
We’re looking for an exceptional General Counsel to lead the legal function at Cardless during a pivotal stage of growth. This person will serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team, manage a small in-house legal team, and partner closely across product, operations, finance, compliance, and partnerships.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and mentor a small in-house legal team (Commercial + Product/Regulatory Counsel)
- Oversee external counsel relationships, budgets, and workstreams
- Build scalable legal infrastructure, processes, and policies as the company grows
- Partner with leadership on risk, strategy, and company-wide decision-making
- Lead all corporate legal matters, entity management, and governance processes
- Manage Board materials, communications, and corporate recordkeeping
- Oversee financing rounds, investor negotiations, and equity matters
- Drive legal support for key partnerships and strategic transactions
- Own all commercial contracting, including partner, vendor, and investor agreements
- Lead counterparty negotiations and ensure strong legal leverage
- Liaise with banks, partners, and regulators on matters impacting our products and operations
- Partner closely with Product, Compliance, and Operations on new features and product expansion
Requirements
- JD and active bar membership
- Trained at a top law firm followed by in-house experience at a high-growth tech company
- Experience in financial services (cards experience is a plus but not required)
- Track record handling complex commercial negotiations and advising on product/regulatory issues
- Experience building and managing a high performing legal team
Compensation
This role has an annual starting salary range of $275,000 - $350,000 + equity + benefits (see below). Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, and specific work location.
Benefits
We're headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with a beautiful office in the Mission District. We're proud to offer our team excellent benefits:
💸 Meaningful Start-up equity
🏥 100% health, vision & dental primary coverage
➕ 75% health, vision & dental dependent coverage
🍱 Catered lunches
🚎 $250/month Commuter benefit
👶 Parental leave
✈️ Team building events & happy hours
🌴 Flexible PTO with a minimum of 15 days off per year
🖥️ Apple equipment
💸 401k plan
Location
We're headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with a beautiful office in the Mission District (near Dolores Park). We welcome employees who want to work from this office; we offer additional benefits to those who do, and relocation assistance to those who'd like to.
We regularly bring our team together for offsites & trips, about every 2 months, both for fun and for work. We cover all travel & lodging in these cases.
