Senior Counsel (Product)

Join Coinbase as a Senior Counsel on the Product Legal team. In this role, you will be the primary legal partner for product, engineering, and design teams working on stablecoins, payments, and crypto infrastructure. You will provide full product life-cycle counseling, navigate complex regulatory landscapes, and collaborate cross-functionally with various departments. You will also shape the team's approach to emerging regulatory frameworks and build scalable legal processes. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. with 7+ years of legal experience, deep familiarity with major U.S. and global payments/financial services regulations, and a track record of embedding with cross-functional teams.

• Assurer la relation de conseil juridique pour les équipes de produits liées aux stablecoins, aux paiements et à l'infrastructure crypto, en fournissant des conseils juridiques quotidiens tout au long du cycle de vie du produit.
• Conseiller les chefs de produits et les ingénieurs sur les exigences réglementaires aux États-Unis et à l'international, y compris les lois sur la transmission d'argent, la réglementation bancaire, l'émission de monnaie électronique, la réglementation des valeurs mobilières et la conformité à la BSA.
• Collaborer de manière transversale avec les équipes de conformité, de communication, de finance, de fiscalité, de sécurité et de gestion des risques d'entreprise pour fournir des conseils juridiques cohérents qui permettent le lancement de produits.
• Demonstrated ability to provide risk-adjusted legal guidance, balancing regulatory compliance with product velocity in ambiguous or first-of-kind legal environments
• Track record of embedding with cross-functional teams and independently driving legal workstreams from problem identification through resolution
• Deep familiarity with major U.S. and global payments/financial services regulations (money transmission, NYDFS BitLicense, Reg E, SEC, CFTC, CFPB, FTC Section 5/UDAAP) and the ability to apply them to novel crypto product constructs
• J.D. with 7+ years of legal experience and active U.S. state bar membership, including meaningful time counseling product teams on technology product launches at a fintech, crypto/blockchain company, or consumer technology company (in-house experience preferred)
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality