Senior Counsel

About the role

Credit Sesame is a leading financial wellness platform dedicated to helping consumers achieve better financial health through cutting-edge technology and data-driven solutions. Reporting directly to our General Counsel, you will serve as the primary architect for our commercial relationships, complex partnerships, and enterprise agreements in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft, structure, and negotiate high-stakes commercial contracts, including enterprise SaaS agreements, strategic partnerships, technology integrations, and vendor agreements.
• Serve as the lead legal partner on complex transactions, translating business objectives into robust, protective, and scalable legal frameworks.
• Integrate complex fintech regulations (consumer protection, privacy, data security) directly into commercial agreements to protect the company while facilitating growth.
• Design, refine, and maintain playbooks, standard templates, and clause libraries to streamline the contract lifecycle and accelerate deal velocity.
• Provide clear, actionable, and risk-adjusted legal counsel to product, marketing, and business development teams to empower corporate growth.
• Monitor evolving fintech, privacy, advertising, and other consumer protection laws to ensure both our products and commercial agreements remain strictly compliant.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a licensed attorney, with at least 7 years deeply embedded within the fintech, banking, or broader financial services sectors.
• Proven track record of drafting and negotiating complex, multi-party commercial agreements and enterprise SaaS models, with elite command of contract mechanics, indemnification, liability allocation, and data/IP structures.
• Deep working knowledge of consumer protection laws and regulations (e.g., FCRA, FTCA/UDAP, UDAAP, GLBA, TILA, EFTA, state privacy laws) and their intersection with commercial transaction risk.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft with extreme clarity and balance rigorous risk mitigation with commercial reality.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deal deadlines.

Qualifications

• Prior experience negotiating and drafting corporate investment transactions, including equity and debt transactions (a plus).

Benefits

• Equity in a pre-IPO company backed by top VCs.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Monthly home office stipend.
• Professional development stipend to support continued growth.
• Flexible paid time off.
• 10 paid holidays and an additional 6 Sesame Wellness days.
• A culture that emphasizes total wellness, including work-life harmony.

Pay

The estimated pay range for this role is $190,000 - $240,000, with actual salary based on a candidate’s location, qualifications, skills, and experience. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Credit Sesame’s equity plans.

We are open to hiring for this role in the following states: CA, CO, NC, NJ, NV, and TX.