Fintech Legal Counsel - Spend Tech & Compliance

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 4 weeks remote work per year

Job summary

Brex in New York City is seeking a legal professional to embed with engineering, product and design teams to advise on spend management software, data privacy, and regulatory requirements. This role combines strategic guidance with hands-on collaboration to ensure compliant product development and scalable solutions.

This hybrid position requires three in-office days weekly (Mon, Wed, Thu) and up to four weeks of fully remote work per year, supporting a diverse, fast-growing fintech environment

Responsibilities

• Serve as the embedded legal partner to engineering, product, and design teams building spend management software—budgets, policies, approvals, and audit and controls—advising in real time as features are designed and built
• Provide pragmatic, actionable advice on requirements and best practices for existing and new spend management software features
• Advise on the regulatory and commercial implications of product architecture, data flows, automation and AI features, integrations, and feature design, helping teams make sound build-versus-defer decisions
• Advise a variety of cross-functional partners on critical credit, lending, and card network regulatory questions
• Advise a variety of cross-functional partners on critical software, data privacy, and product regulatory questions
• Advise on product and marketing collateral, customer communications, and disclosures for spend management software products
• Draft, update, and maintain customer agreements, terms, disclosures, and feature-level terms for spend management software
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Job description

Brex in New York City is seeking a legal professional to embed with engineering, product and design teams to advise on spend management software, data privacy, and regulatory requirements. This role combines strategic guidance with hands-on collaboration to ensure compliant product development and scalable solutions.

This hybrid position requires three in-office days weekly (Mon, Wed, Thu) and up to four weeks of fully remote work per year, supporting a diverse, fast-growing fintech environment