Commercial Counsel: Fintech & Stablecoin Growth

Stripe; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking an exceptional transactional lawyer to join our commercial legal team supporting Bridge and Stripe's fast-growing stablecoin business.

You will lead negotiations for complex user and partner agreements and advise on fintech regulatory issues as Stripe expands internationally. The role requires strong risk assessment and communication skills, collaboration across product, engineering, and tax teams, and a hands-on approach to building scalable legal processes powered by AI

Qualifications

• JD or foreign equivalent with good standing in at least one US state bar.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in-house or in a top law firm.
• Strong ability to distill risks and explain complex issues clearly.
• Collaborative cross-functional partner with ownership mindset.
• Experience with fintech, stablecoin, data hosting, and technology services risks.
• Willingness to learn and apply AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support Bridge's commercial team with negotiations for user and partner agreements.
• Advise on commercial and legal issues arising from stablecoin products, new product launches, and international expansion.
• Work closely with Product Legal and Bridge's product and engineering teams to bring new products and features to market.
• Help build Bridge's commercial legal infrastructure so the business can scale, including drafting and maintaining agreements and playbooks, and improving processes.
• Partner with teams across Bridge and Stripe globally, including commercial, operations, product, engineering, tax, compliance, and risk.
• Provide practical, scalable legal support while working with a global Commercial Legal team.
• Develop training and resources to help Bridge's commercial team sell and support its products.
• Be a point of escalation for outside counsel.

Skills

Intellectually curious

Proactive self-starter

Clear communicator

Collaborative

Fintech/stablecoin legal knowledge

Team player

Education

JD degree or foreign equivalent

Tools

LLM tools

Job description

Stripe, Inc. is seeking an exceptional transactional lawyer to join our commercial legal team supporting Bridge and Stripe's fast-growing stablecoin business.

You will lead negotiations for complex user and partner agreements and advise on fintech regulatory issues as Stripe expands internationally. The role requires strong risk assessment and communication skills, collaboration across product, engineering, and tax teams, and a hands-on approach to building scalable legal processes powered by AI