Product Counsel, Payments & Terminal

Stripe; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 178,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus or incentives

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe invites a product lawyer to join the Product Legal team to advise on regulatory and technology matters across payments and related services. The role emphasizes collaboration with product, engineering, compliance, and business development to navigate complex regulatory environments and enable innovative product offerings.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience as a lawyer in technology and fintech, with strong communication skills and sound judgment to operate under ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a qualified lawyer working on complex regulatory or technology matters.
• Passion for technology and ability to understand complex business models quickly.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and project management skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to make smart decisions in ambiguity.
• Bonus: experience in fintech, risk, payments, and financial regulations; contract drafting experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as product counsel to Stripe’s Payments and Terminal product teams, expanding product offerings and handling escalations.
• Counsel on payments regulations, schemes rules, consumer protection, marketing, IP, and data privacy.
• Collaborate with engineering, compliance, business development, and marketing on product development and commercialization.
• Clear issues impacting regulatory structure, customer agreements, and strategic financial partnerships.
• Help build scalable processes for legal review and launch of new products.
• Draft, review, and update foundational documents for product offerings.
• Stay up-to-date on US and international laws affecting privacy, data security, and financial services.
• Partner with senior managers as a trusted advisor.

Skills

Regulatory experience

Technology industry

Communication skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Legal judgment

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

Who we are

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the Team

Stripe’s Product Legal team is responsible for managing the legal and regulatory elements of the design, build and execution of our products and services. We work on some of the hardest technical, commercial, and regulatory problems around, and we’re looking for a product lawyer to join our team. In this role you will be a key advisor to Stripe’s product, engineering and partnerships teams, and will work on a diverse set of matters that straddle financial services, business processes, and technology.

The ideal candidate is passionate about Stripe’s mission of helping businesses grow and thrive. We’re looking for someone who is a team‑player and willing to jump in on tasks of any size. Stripe operates within a complex and interwoven legal, regulatory, and financial partnership environment around the world.

Note: The annual Canadian base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $240,000.

What you’ll do

• Serve as product counsel to Stripe’s Payments and Terminal product teams, helping to expand our product offerings, and developing deep subject matter expertise to handle escalations and questions related to Stripe Terminal products and services.
• Counsel the Stripe product team on a range of issues including payments regulations, payment schemes rules, consumer protection, marketing, intellectual property, and data privacy.
• Actively collaborate with a wide variety of Stripe teams, including engineering, compliance, business development, and marketing, on a range of issues related to product development and commercialization.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Stripe legal team to clear key issues impacting the work of members of the team who support Stripe's regulatory structure, its customer agreements, and strategic financial partnerships.
• Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new products.
• Draft, review, and update foundational documents for product and service offerings.
• Stay up-to-date, with the support of Stripe’s legal subject matter experts, on U.S. and international laws and regulations dealing with privacy, data security, consumer protection, financial services, and marketing.
• Participate as a proactive business partner to senior managers and build a trusted advisor relationship.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

• 5+ years of experience as a qualified lawyer working on complex regulatory or technology matters, preferably working with technology companies on the legal and regulatory aspects of product development in the technology space.
• A passion for technology and ability to understand complex business models and product use cases quickly.
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) and project management skills with a strict attention to detail.
• Excellent project management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to make smart decisions in the face of ambiguity and imperfect information.

It’s a bonus (but not required) that you also have:

• Relevant experience in financial technology, risk, payments, and financial services, and a working understanding of financial regulations and rules.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts (background in hardware, supply chain, and transportation/logistics agreements is preferred).

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In‑office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in‑person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on‑sites, meet‑ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $178,200 - $267,200. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include:

• equity
• company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• wellness stipends

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we’re looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.