About the company
Offchain Labs is a New York-based company building Arbitrum, a suite of scaling solutions for Ethereum. Arbitrum One and Nova are powered by Nitro, our proprietary technology stack. Nitroās next-generation rollup architecture provides 7x more throughput than Ethereum and lower fees without sacrificing any security. Prysm is an official Ethereum proof-of-stake client written in Go. Both individuals and institutions can use Prysm to participate in Ethereum's decentralized economy by running a node and earn rewards by running a validator to help secure the Ethereum blockchain. Upcoming Stylus will enable users to deploy programs written in popular programming languages like Rust, C, C++, and more, side-by-side with existing Solidity dApps on the same Arbitrum blockchain.
Job Summary
What you'll do:
šIntegrate into the day-to-day operations of our Product Team, providing legal, business and strategic advice. See around corners and creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute on their product roadmap. šEnsure product compliance with applicable U.S. and international laws and regulations, in close collaboration with Legal Team colleagues. šProvide risk-based, business-oriented full product life-cycle counseling, from ideation and development to launch and operation. šProvide practical, actionable legal input on the design of new digital product functionalities, DeFi tools, and infrastructure. Work cross-functionally with stakeholders, including Partnerships, Marketing/Communications, Finance, Security and Operations. šAdvise on compliance obligations, including money transmission, KYC, consumer protection, and privacy laws, as they relate to self-hosted applications. šWork with outside counsel where necessary for subject matter expertise or international support. šMonitor relevant regulatory developments.
What you'll need:
šJ.D. and currently licensed in a U.S. state with 7+ years of legal experience, preferably with in-house experience with a consumer financial services business, a fintech, bank or crypto/blockchain company. šExperience counseling product teams in launching financial services or technology products, and have a clear understanding of the legal underpinnings supporting these products. šA strong interest in digital currency, blockchain technology, and innovative constructs pioneered by decentralized applications, web3, and DeFi. šFamiliarity with consumer financial services regulation and agencies (FinCEN MSB, State MTLs & SEC) and consumer services and internet regulations and agencies.
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