Product Counsel

About The Company

Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human network designed to accelerate people in the age of AI. As bots and autonomous agents reshape the internet, people, institutions, and applications need a trusted way to confirm who is a real human while preserving privacy. The TFH and World tech stacks make this possible: the Orb verifies real, unique people, World ID proves it privately, and World App puts these capabilities, and more, in people’s hands. Together, they add a human layer to an AI-driven internet.

Founded in 2019, TFH has more than 400 people across hardware, software, AI, cryptography, mobile engineering, and global operations. Our teams come from OpenAI, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Google, Stripe, Meta, Coinbase, Palantir and MIT Media Lab. We’re backed by leading investors, including a16z, Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Variant, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures, as well as prominent operators and founders across fintech and AI.

The New York Times, Bankless and TechCrunch have all recognized our collective progress in identity, cryptography, AI, and global-scale hardware deployment. Our leadership is also named to the Time AI 100.

Learn more about the newest product launches from our Liftoff event.

About The Team

The Legal team is dedicated to supporting the World Network by managing Tools for Humanity’s legal affairs globally. We collaborate across the company to advance the blockchain project and enhance our products, including the Orb (our hardware device), World ID, World App, and World Chain. We value creativity, curiosity, a sense of humor, and a shared sense of urgency.

About The Opportunity

We are seeking a Product Counsel to support Tools for Humanity’s global product counseling function across some of the most novel and fast-moving areas of technology, including biometrics, digital identity, blockchain infrastructure, consumer products, online safety, and privacy-preserving technologies. This role will work closely with product, engineering, cryptography, hardware, design, security, and business teams throughout the product lifecycle, helping the company launch globally scaled digital identity, blockchain, and consumer financial products while thoughtfully managing legal, regulatory, safety, and reputational risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a legal partner to product, engineering, hardware, cryptography, design, and security teams across the development and launch lifecycle of TFH products and infrastructure
• Advisory on legal and regulatory issues relating to digital identity systems, biometrics, blockchain-enabled products, consumer financial technologies, privacy, consumer protection, online safety, platform governance, and AI-enabled systems
• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to assess legal and reputational risks associated with new features, products, experiments, and business models
• Translate complex legal and policy considerations into clear, actionable guidance for technical and business stakeholders
• Draft and advise on product terms, disclosures, policies, user flows, and internal guidance materials
• Support incident response, product escalations, and cross-functional reviews relating to trust, safety, security, and user risk issues

Intellectual Property & Technology

• Advise on intellectual property issues relating to software, hardware, AI systems, cryptography, identity technologies, branding, and consumer products
• Support patent, trademark, copyright, licensing, open source, and technology risk management matters
• Partner with engineering and research teams to identify and help protect strategic innovations and inventions
• Help develop scalable internal processes relating to open source governance, invention capture, product review, and IP compliance

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Process Building

• Collaborate effectively across legal specialties, including commercial, privacy, regulatory, employment, litigation, security, and corporate legal functions
• Help build scalable legal processes, playbooks, templates, and review frameworks that improve consistency and organizational velocity
• Contribute to improving operational systems and tooling supporting product reviews and launches
• Support the development of practical guidance and self-service resources for business and product teams

About You

• Relevant Experience:
• 4+ years of experience as product counsel, preferably including in-house product counseling experience supporting consumer technology, financial technology, blockchain, digital identity, and/or other highly regulated technology platforms
• Significant experience advising on complex product counseling issues across the full product lifecycle, including product development, feature launches, user experience design, go-to-market initiatives, and ongoing operational support
• Demonstrated knowledge of laws and regulatory frameworks relating to several of the following areas: financial services, blockchain technology, digital identity systems, artificial intelligence, privacy, biometrics, consumer protection, online safety, advertising and marketing, platform governance, and intellectual property
• Familiarity with intellectual property concepts, including patents, trademarks, copyright, licensing, open source software, and technology risk management
• Experience supporting globally distributed consumer products and navigating multi-jurisdictional legal and regulatory issues
• Familiarity with patent, trademark, copyright, licensing, open source software, and technology risk management

Product & Technical Fluency

• Ability to engage effectively with technical teams and understand complex systems, architectures, and product tradeoffs
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance legal risk, user experience, operational realities, and product velocity
• Comfortable operating in evolving legal and regulatory environments where clear precedent may not exist

Collaboration & Communication

• Pioneering ability to build trusted relationships across legal, engineering, product, design, research, security, and operations teams
• Excellent communicator capable of translating technical or legal concepts into practical, business-oriented guidance
• Collaborative, low-ego working style with strong emotional intelligence and sound judgment

Execution & Problem-Solving

• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail
• Practical, business-oriented approach to problem solving and risk assessment
• Resourceful, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Credentials

• Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school
• Membership in at least one U.S. state bar

What We Offer

• Collaborative, creative office space in San Francisco
• Flexible, unlimited PTO
• Monthly phone reimbursement or company-provided device
• 3 meals/day served in house
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Commuter benefits and professional development stipend