Senior Counsel, Trust & Store Integrity for Sellers

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a talented product attorney to serve as lead counsel for the Selling Partner Trust & Store Integrity team in Seattle. You will advise on seller identity verification, enforcement strategy, regulatory compliance, and trust-based systems protecting customers and sellers worldwide.

You will partner with product, engineering, privacy, IP and compliance teams to deliver actionable legal recommendations on complex, multi-jurisdictional issues, and support external engagement initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience.
• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Directly advise the leadership team and influence the direction of strategic programs.
• Advise on a broad range of product, commercial, and regulatory matters, including leading implementation for new regulations and considering legal issues of first impression.
• Counsel product and engineering teams on seller identity verification technologies and fraud prevention mechanisms that protect the store at scale.
• Support the development of AI and other science techniques to detect bad actors earlier and more precisely.
• Advise on pre-litigation legal disputes and manage outside counsel handling arbitrations.
• Work cross-functionally with law enforcement and litigation teams to hold bad actors accountable through referrals and proactive litigation.
• Collaborate with privacy, regulatory, IP, public policy, and compliance legal teams to deliver consolidated legal recommendations on complex, multi-jurisdictional issues.
• Positively impact the livelihood of all sellers in Amazon's store by protecting them from abuse and helping them navigate global compliance with ease
• Help drive strategic initiatives to support our external engagement pillars on how Amazon protects our store, including contributing to proactive legal and legislative initiatives

Skills

Strategic advisory

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Litigation avoidance

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Amazon seeks a talented product attorney to serve as lead counsel for the Selling Partner Trust & Store Integrity team in Seattle. You will advise on seller identity verification, enforcement strategy, regulatory compliance, and trust-based systems protecting customers and sellers worldwide.

You will partner with product, engineering, privacy, IP and compliance teams to deliver actionable legal recommendations on complex, multi-jurisdictional issues, and support external engagement initiatives