Associate General Counsel

Company: InterPayments
Location: San Francisco, CA-based (FinTech SaaS), fully remote within the United States
Compensation Range: $140,000 - $165,000 USD

About InterPayments:
InterPayments is a San Francisco-based FinTech SaaS company at the intersection of payments and data intelligence, dedicated to empowering merchants and software vendors to lower payment processing costs. We are the industry's leading Managed Surcharge Provider, ensuring merchants compliantly recover credit card processing fees. Our mission is simple: every payment should be transparent and fair.

The Role:
InterPayments is expanding its legal department and seeking an Associate General Counsel to report directly to the General Counsel. This role offers immediate, substantive responsibility across a broad range of legal issues, including commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and general corporate matters for a growing technology company. As compliance is central to our product, you will be a core contributor to the legal and compliance work that underpins our offerings.

This role is ideal for a generalist who thrives on variety, is energized by complex regulatory questions, and wants to help shape a growing legal department. Attorneys transitioning to an in-house environment will find success here.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with senior leadership, sales, and cross-functional stakeholders to draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements (customer contracts, partnership agreements, vendor contracts).
• Serve as a core member of the compliance function, advising on card network rules, state/provincial surcharging laws, and federal regulations.
• Advise business teams on regulatory risk and help develop/maintain internal compliance policies and frameworks.
• Support employment, privacy, and data security matters, collaborating with external counsel as needed.
• Handle general corporate legal work and ad hoc requests.

What Success Looks Like:

• Efficient and effective handling of commercial agreements, balancing customer needs with company risk mitigation.
• Maintaining and expanding InterPayments' leadership in surcharging compliance.
• Strengthening the legal team's role as a value-additive partner in the sales process.
• Strategic and cost-effective engagement of outside counsel.

Requirements:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (New York or California preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience, with significant experience at a large law firm or in-house for a fintech company.
• Demonstrated experience in payments, fintech, or financial services regulation.
• Strong commercial contracting skills, including direct negotiating experience.
• Comfort operating as a generalist and handling a variety of legal issues.
• Self-starter with strong judgment and ability to work independently in a fully remote environment.
• Clear, concise communicator capable of translating legal complexity into actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance work product and expedite deliverables.

Nice to Haves:

• Background in payments regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with card network rules and related regulations.
• Experience working with or advising early-stage or growth-stage companies.
• Familiarity with privacy law and data security frameworks.

Who You Are:

• Impact-driven and self-directed, able to work independently and build from scratch.
• Team-first orientation, collaborative and straightforward to work with.
• Structured, logical, and data-driven decision maker energized by complex regulatory questions and ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented with a legal mindset, yet practical from a business perspective.

Remote Work Eligibility:

• This position is open to candidates located in the United States. Remote roles are limited to U.S.-based residents.

Keywords: Associate General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Fintech, Payments, SaaS, Regulatory Compliance, Commercial Contracts, Legal, Remote, FinTech SaaS, Managed Surcharge Provider.