# Product Counsel

**Company:** [Tempo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tempo)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Product Counseling, Regulatory Compliance, Crypto Law, Blockchain Regulation, Fintech Law, Intellectual Property, Privacy Law, Compliance Frameworks, Legal Risk Assessment, Tradfi Regulations
**Posted:** 2026-04-30

> Provides legal guidance on product development, regulatory compliance, and crypto issues to product, engineering, and research teams at a blockchain payments company. Requires J.D., 8+ years experience including in-house tech/crypto, and fluency in crypto legal matters.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Providing practical, risk-based guidance throughout the product development lifecycle to our product, engineering, and research teams.
- Refine and implement compliance frameworks, policies, and procedures to keep the business ahead of evolving requirements and novel issues.
- Support broader legal initiatives spanning a wide-range of areas including intellectual property, privacy, and other operational needs.
- Monitor developments in crypto, fintech, and tradfi to advise the business on trends and evolving legal standards.
- Anything else that needs doing!

## Qualifications
- J.D. and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
- 8+ years of legal experience, including substantial time in-house at a high growth tech company and/or crypto project.
- Deep product counseling experience.
- Fluency in crypto legal issues, including substantial time advising on regulatory considerations for blockchain developers and networks.
- Ability to balance legal risk with practical business judgment.

## Attributes
- Strong interest in crypto and technology and enjoys nerding out with technical teams.
- Collaborative communicator who can quickly translate legal issues into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced working environment with rapidly shifting needs.
- Highly curious with a growth mindset.
- Scrappiness; willingness to roll up sleeves and pitch in on things both inside and outside of areas of expertise/job description.

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