Job description
Why join us
Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.
Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.
Legal at Brex
The Legal team helps the company grow responsibly, advocating for Brex and for the thousands of growing businesses we serve. We provide strategic advice and guidance to all Brex teams, protect Brex, advise on risk, and represent the company externally, negotiating with partners and interacting with regulators. Reimagining the financial system in a highly regulated environment requires creativity and resourcefulness, and we welcome the challenge.
What you’ll do
You will help us grow, globally scale, and continuously improve our commercial card product, banking offerings, and adjacent payments product offerings. You’ll be a subject matter expert on card and financial regulations, providing strategic advice on risk and regulatory ambiguity. You’ll collaborate directly with stakeholders (including product, engineering, marketing, sales, and partnerships) to find creative solutions to business issues. You know how to break a project down into first principles and see it from ideation to launch. You understand when to figure out a solution in-house and when to strategically and cost-effectively deploy outside counsel.
Where you’ll work
This role will be based in our Seattle office. You will be required to work in the office at least 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday. Employees will be able to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. As a perk, we also offer up to four weeks of fully remote work per year.
Responsibilities
- Provide pragmatic, actionable advice on requirements and best practices for existing and new card and banking products and features
- Advise a variety of cross-functional stakeholders on critical regulatory questions
- Track and analyze financial US and international laws and regulations and help Brex stay ahead of trends
- Advise on product and marketing collateral, customer communications, and disclosures
- Draft, update, and maintain customer agreements, terms, and disclosures for card and banking related products
- Provide strategic guidance on product structuring and implementation
Requirements
- 4+ years working experience in a combination of law firms and fintech companies, ideally interacting with bank partners, financial regulators, and card networks
- Familiarity with federal, state, and international laws and regulations that can apply to fintech companies, such as UDAP, anti-money laundering law, CARD Act, ACH rules, money transmission regulations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, both internal (memos, guides, presentations) and external (disclosures, regulator communications)
- Ownership mentality and comfort working on complex matters that require sound judgment
- Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Law degree and admitted to practice in at least one jurisdiction
- Willingness to be a team player who pitches in to help out on other products and topics; one of our key tenets is “One Brex”
Bonus Points
- Prior in-house counsel experience at a scaling fintech or payments company
- Experience interacting directly with regulatory agencies
Compensation
The expected salary range for this role is $173,000-$216,000 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.
