Senior Counsel, Product & AI

Responsibilities

• Serve as embedded legal counsel to Product, Engineering, and Payments team advising on new features, AI-powered tools, pricing models, and payments integrations from concept through launch.
• Own legal review of AI-related products and features, including training data sourcing, model risk, algorithmic decision-making, and required disclosures.
• Advise on regulatory compliance for payments and fintech-adjacent products, including embedded payments, money movement, card network rules, and PCI-DSS considerations.
• Build and maintain the privacy program elements most relevant to product: data collection and retention practices, consumer disclosures, and compliance with CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy laws.
• Monitor emerging AI regulation (state AI laws, FTC guidance, and international frameworks where relevant) and translate it into practical, actionable product guidance.
• Draft and negotiate technology, data, and AI vendor agreements, including data and model licensing terms.
• Advise on digital accessibility compliance for product and engineering (e.g., ADA Title III risk, WCAG conformance) and counsel teams on accessible design before launch.
• Partner with the General Counsel and business teams on regulatory risk assessments for new markets, products, and features.
• Build scalable playbooks, templates, and self-serve tools so product and engineering teams can move quickly with the right guardrails in place.
• Support incident response for privacy or AI-related issues, coordinating across engineering, security, and communications.
• Manage outside counsel on discrete regulatory, payments, or AI matters as needed.

Requirements

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 6+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house product counsel experience at a technology company.
• Direct experience advising on AI/ML products, with familiarity with the emerging AI regulatory landscape.
• Experience with fintech or payments products - embedded payments, money movement, card issuing, or similar.
• Substantive privacy law experience (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR, and state comprehensive privacy laws).
• Experience in restaurant technology, hospitality tech, or vertical SaaS strongly preferred.
• Strong builder mentality, with experience creating processes, playbooks, and standards rather than just applying existing ones.
• Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for product and engineering teams.
• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment with incomplete information.

Pay and benefits

• The estimated starting base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $220,000, plus a generous pre-IPO equity package
• Other benefits include comprehensive health coverage, remote-first workplace, unlimited PTO - plus extra fun perks!

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