Product Counsel, Gusto
$130-194k
Salary is dependent on location
1-2 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Job no longer available
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$130-194k
Salary is dependent on location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- JD degree and a member of a State bar/active license to practice law
- 2+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, government, and/or in-house legal department at a technology company (in-house experience preferred but not required)
- Experience advising start-ups or providing pragmatic legal guidance related to tech or regulated products
- Experience working with engineering and product teams to launch regulated yet innovative SaaS products
- An appetite for learning
- Ability to spot and resolve a variety of legal issues across multiple jurisdictions within the U.S. (e.g., payments, regulatory, tax, commercial, IP)
- Experience with data privacy, tax, consumer protection, start-up, and/or wage & hour law (do not need to have all)
- A collaborative approach and demonstrated ability to work well independently under pressure, while contributing to cross-functional teams
- A willingness to dive in and drive projects independently
- Experience creatively solving problems, taking into account legal risk and business needs
- A team player mindset (no job is too big or too small)
- Attention to detail and the ability to follow through in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Product Counsel to join our growing Legal and Compliance Product and Commercial team to meet the expanding needs of our company and our customers
- In this newly created role, you will be advising and working alongside senior attorneys and compliance team members, and partnering with our product, engineering, business, and marketing teams to support and enhance Gusto’s suite of products and services
- This is a great opportunity to grow your career in house, working alongside a team of experienced attorneys and compliance professionals
- Counsel the product, engineering, and design teams on a range of issues including payments, tax, employment compliance, employee benefits, consumer finance, and marketing
- Research and advise on complex regulatory frameworks to design or enhance innovative and regulated B2B and B2C products and services
- Support key initiatives across the legal and compliance teams, with company-wide impact
- Contribute to key initiatives helping to mature our Legal & Compliance team’s functions
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company values
- Embody a service mindset - Never stop advocating for the needs of others
- Dream big, then make it real - Be ambitious. Show and do, rather than tell and talk
- Be proud of the how - Ensure deep integrity in everything you do
- Embrace an ownership mentality - Take initiative to leave things better than you found them
- Debate then commit - Share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, commit fully
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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