Legal Counsel, Identity & Trust Products

The role

You will partner with computer vision and AI innovators to develop and launch digital identity and fraud prevention products. You will advise on legal risks, establish compliance controls, and support entry to new and global markets.

What you will do

• Provide legal guidance to product, data science, engineering, and sales/marketing teams on document verification and digital intelligence products.
• Advise on privacy, consumer protection, responsible AI, age assurance, and identity regulation laws.
• Advise on model risk, machine learning bias, fair lending, and accessibility.
• Take a risk-based and business enabling approach to manage and minimize legal risks.
• Advise on commercial terms for customer and vendor agreements.
• Draft terms of use, product and privacy policies, disclosures, and customer documentation.
• Review external communications about products to customers, the market, regulators, and the press.
• Partner with Data Acquisition & Licensing and Commercial Legal on data sources and contract terms.
• Participate in privacy and data governance programs.
• Support customer and prospect engagement as a subject-matter expert.

Required qualifications

• 3-5+ years of combined, relevant experience, including experience at a law firm and/or in-house for a financial institution or fintech
• Technical background in engineering, computer science, data analytics, statistics, or related areas
• Familiarity with launching products and advising on the legal and regulatory implications of technology products
• Familiarity with state and federal privacy and AI laws
• Fluency translating legal advice into actionable guidance for innovative product and business teams
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage projects effectively
• Sound and practical business judgment, intellectual creativity, and communication and problem-solving skills
• A JD
• Active membership in at least one state bar

About the company

Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy. The company verifies identities in real time to stop fraud.