Counsel, Employment

Overview

Employment Counsel on Coinbase's Employment Legal team, providing day-to-day employment law counseling and compliance support across a global workforce of approximately 5,000 employees in 20+ countries.

What you'll do

• Own a people relations counseling portfolio, providing first-line legal support on performance management, disciplinary processes, accommodations, policy questions, and exits across the full company.
• Advise on international employment matters across the 20+ country footprint, partnering with outside local counsel and HR on cross-border questions, country expansions, and EMEA and APAC employee issues.
• Support employment agreement workflows, including offer letter review, standard separation agreements, transfer letters, and relocation agreements, working from established templates and escalating complex matters.
• Drive tactical compliance support for the People team's deployment of AI tools in recruiting and HR, reviewing specific tool deployments against Coinbase's AI employment law compliance framework, advising on bias audit obligations, and drafting required notices and disclosures.
• Partner with the People team on HR compliance matters, including EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP obligations, and pay equity compliance, contributing to the team's global compliance program as it expands in scope.
• Support employment litigation and administrative proceedings, including drafting EEOC position statements, coordinating with outside counsel, managing litigation holds, and assisting with discovery on active matters.
• Track employment law developments and turn them into practical guidance for HR partners.

What you'll need

• J.D. with active U.S. state bar membership
• 5+ years of employment law experience, including meaningful in-house experience advising HR business partners on the full range of employment matters
• Strong U.S. advice-and-counsel experience across performance management, terminations, accommodations and leaves
• Hands-on experience with employment litigation and administrative charges, including position statements, discovery, litigation holds and outside counsel coordination
• Working knowledge of U.S. HR compliance requirements (EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP, pay equity)
• Demonstrated engagement with the emerging AI and employment law regulatory landscape
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Nice to have

• Experience with hourly or customer experience populations
• Experience counseling on international employment matters

Details

• Location: Remote, USA
• Remote-first but not remote-only; expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called "surges"
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $183,855 - $216,300 USD; total compensation may include equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))