Litigation Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee litigation workstreams related to the classification of independent contractors, claims for unemployment insurance, and disputes involving marketplace users.

• Supervise litigation workstreams that focus on professional negligence and data privacy issues.

• Collaborate with both internal and external legal counsel on high-stakes litigation cases.

• Prepare responsive pleadings, briefs, and other critical legal documents.

• Develop and engage in the company's eDiscovery strategy, encompassing custodial document collection, review, and production.

• Manage the approach for responding to third-party subpoenas.

• Offer legal advice to product, operations, and various cross-functional teams.

• Assist with additional legal workstreams as required by team and company needs.

• Establish internal legal processes and systems.

• Lead significant matters, coordinate with counsel and stakeholders, and contribute to the overall legal strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state, with current bar admission.

• Proactive attitude towards action and problem-solving.

• Capability to take ownership of projects and manage tasks independently.

• Outstanding communication and writing skills.

• Comfortable and skilled in navigating complexity and ambiguity within a lean team structure.

• Eagerness to quickly address new and unfamiliar legal challenges.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure, independently, and meet tight deadlines.

• Adaptability and flexibility to embrace new tasks and responsibilities in a fast-paced, rapidly growing technology firm.

• Willingness and capability to engage with and interpret data, particularly from unfamiliar sources.

• Experience with arbitrations and class actions is a plus.

• Familiarity with eDiscovery processes, including large-scale custodial data collection, review, and production is desirable.

• Clerkship experience is a plus.

• Background in government work is advantageous.

• Experience collaborating cross-culturally and with diverse, global teams is beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus, distributed quarterly.

• Equity compensation.

• Remote-first work culture.

• Opportunities for professional growth.