Senior Counsel

Felix; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Stock options

401(k) with employer matching

Job summary

Félix, a regulated fintech serving the Latino community in the US, seeks a Senior Counsel to shape commercial deals and Latin American legal strategy. As the first Senior Counsel, you will guide structuring, negotiations, and in-house review while collaborating with VPs and the C-suite.

You will own the contracting function across remittances, credit, yield, and wallet products, using advanced legal tech to scale and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• US bar admission in good standing
• Spanish fluency for reviewing Latin American agreements
• Strong academic credentials with JD/LLM from a top US school

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements across our fintech stack
• Negotiate technology agreements including MSAs and API integrations
• Bring contract review in-house and reduce reliance on outside counsel
• Own Latin American legal matters including employment, regulatory issues, and marketing rules
• Build contract review playbooks and leverage AI/legal tech to scale processes
• Handle diverse legal questions in a fast-moving business and collaborate across teams
• Help develop processes and templates for a growing legal department

Skills

US bar admission

Spanish fluency

Commercial negotiations

Latin America awareness

Tech contracts

Education

JD or LLM from a leading US law school

Tools

AI in legal review

Job description

About Us

At Félix, we are building the indispensable financial companion for Latinos in the US. We combine an AI-powered, conversational-first interface with real-time financial infrastructure to make cross-border money movement as easy as sending a text. Starting with fast, affordable remittances powered by AI and crypto rails, we are expanding into credit, savings, and wallet services to support the complete immigrant financial journey. Our ambition is to deliver a white-glove financial experience with the simplicity of a conversation to a community the traditional financial system has historically overlooked.

We are a hyper-growth Series C company, backed by over $300 million in funding from top-tier global investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, QED, Castle Island, Switch Ventures, HTwenty, Monashees, and General Catalyst Customer Value Fund. This isn't just about the numbers; it's a testament to the trust our investors have in our vision and our team. Additionally, Félix was selected as an “Endeavor Entrepreneur” and was a recipient of the CrossTech Fintech Startups Award.

Joining Félix means you will be part of a team building a legacy, a company that will outlive us all. This is a rare opportunity to apply your skills to a deeply meaningful mission—serving a community that has been underserved for too long because we are obsessed with our customers. We get things done with urgency and focus, driven by extreme ownership over our impact. We collaborate without ego, fostering radical transparency and fierce loyalty so we can grow together. Because we aim for insanely great rather than just good enough, we stay insatiably curious—always experimenting, building the future today, and delivering a product that truly makes our users' lives better.

About the Role

We're hiring our first Senior Counsel: the General Counsel's first hire and the second lawyer at the company. Because Félix is a regulated fintech, Legal is part of every major decision! You'll be brought in early and work with our VPs and C-suite on the company's most important commercial deals, from structuring and negotiation strategy through signing, so your advice will directly shape how we build and grow.

As we expand from remittances into credit, yield, and wallet products, you'll own our commercial contracting and lead on Latin American legal matters. It's a senior, independent role, and the impact goes beyond the deals themselves: you'll use top-tier legal skills to serve the Latino community, helping build financial products for people the traditional system has overlooked.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements across our fintech stack. That includes payout partners across Latin America, liquidity providers, payment and card networks, stablecoin issuers and crypto infrastructure providers, yield providers, and banking-as-a-service platforms.
• Negotiate technology agreements: master services agreements, API and platform integrations, and data-sharing arrangements. You'll turn what business needs from a partner into enforceable contract terms, including consumer data protection.
• Bring commercial contract review in-house. You'll review complex agreements independently and reduce our reliance on outside counsel.
• Own Latin American legal matters: employment and contractor arrangements for our teams across the region, FX and marketing rules, and the regulations that govern how we operate in each market.
• Build our contract review playbooks and run them on AI-powered legal tech, so Legal can scale efficiently.
• Handle the range of legal questions that come up in a fast-moving business. This is a generalist role in a legal function that is still being built, and the work won't stay inside the commercial lane.
• Help build the processes and templates a growing legal department runs on.

Areas of law you'll encounter

The commercial work sits at the intersection of several regulated areas. You will not be the subject-matter expert in all of them, but you should be able to spot the issues, engage credibly with specialists, and know when a deal point carries regulatory consequences:

• Financial services and technology commercial contracting
• Data privacy
• Money transmission
• Securities
• Intellectual property
• Consumer lending
• Latin American law - employment, regulatory, commercial

Requirements

• US-qualified attorney, admitted and in good standing, and allowed to practice in the state where you live.
• Strong academic credentials. A JD or LLM from a leading US law school is preferred.
• Qualified to practice in at least one Latin American country, with experience coordinating legal work across several countries in the region.
• 7+ years of legal experience. Ideally, that's several years at a top-tier international law firm (US or Latin American office) followed by at least two years in-house doing commercial work at a fintech, bank, or financial services company.
• Hands-on experience with technology deals: MSAs, API integrations, data privacy, and the contracting involved in launching a new technology partner.
• Comfort with the financial side: you understand FX rates, liquidity providers, credit, and yield products, payment rails, and how a deal term affects pricing and the customer experience.
• Proven ability to run complex commercial negotiations independently and reach commercially sound outcomes.
• Experience building contract review playbooks and using AI or legal tech to automate or speed up review.
• Real curiosity about the business. You can explain what makes a product work and why it wins, not just what its contracts say.
• Spanish fluency, both conversational and legal. You can review Spanish-language agreements and read Spanish-language statutes and regulations without translation.
• These are the applicable requirements, although equivalent competencies in any of the above will also be considered.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Initial stock options grant
• Annual performance bonus
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid work setup
• Health, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) with employer matching, for US-based employees
• Continuous learning opportunities
• Empowering opportunities for growth in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment

The starting base salary for this role typically ranges between $200,000 and $225,000 USD, tailored to experience and skill set. Because we are all owners of Félix, equity is a core component of our total compensation package. Your recruiter will walk you through our complete benefits, health coverage, equity structure, and total compensation details during your first call.

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