Regulatory Compliance Counsel, Confluent
Financial Services
$197.3-231.8k
+ Competitive equity package
Data streaming platform
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Data streaming platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$197.3-231.8k
+ Competitive equity package
1001+ employees
Company mission
Founded by the team that built Apache Kafka, their mission is to make managing Kafka easy.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree; admission to at least one state or national bar association
- 7+ years of experience as a practicing attorney, preferably with experience in financial services, SaaS, or technology sectors
- Deep understanding of global financial services regulations (e.g., DORA, APRA, AML/CSP, FFIEC, MAS, Basel), technology laws, and privacy laws
- Proven ability to translate complex legal requirements into actionable business and technical solutions
- Strong collaborative skills with experience working cross-functionally in a dynamic environment
- Excellent communication and analytical skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- People who are smart, humble and empathetic, and who enjoy working as one team to get things done!
What the job involves
- We are seeking a business-oriented attorney with experience in global and regional financial services laws related to cloud outsourcing to join our growing legal team
- In this role, you will assist in the development and implementation of financial services compliance frameworks
- To be successful in this role, you must be able to work independently, to build systems and processes, and to collaborate with teams and colleagues around the world
- In the legal department, we are passionate about enabling customer success, while building a strong foundation for the future
- We strive to provide thoughtful and pragmatic counsel and to minimize risks as we pursue business opportunities
- We thrive by working together to solve complex challenges, supporting and learning from each other, and having fun!
- Analyze global and regional financial services laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., DORA, APRA, AML/CSP, FFIEC, MAS, Basel) and translate requirements into actionable product features
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Security, Commercial Legal, and Sales to ensure compliance features meet customer needs and regulatory expectations
- Act as a bridge between legal, technical, and business functions to align priorities
- Stay informed on evolving global financial services laws and SaaS-related regulations
- Support periodic assessments to identify areas for improvement in compliance-related capabilities
- Partner with Office of the CISO to develop scalable frameworks for addressing regulatory updates within the product lifecycle
- Support creation of external customer and Sales enablement material on Confluent’s compliance position against Financial Services outsourcing laws and guidelines
- Assist commercial attorneys, Office of the CISO, and Sales teams in addressing customer queries about product compliance and regulatory alignment
- Identify potential legal risks in product features or processes and propose solutions to mitigate them
Our take
Confluent is a commercial company built on top of the open-source Apache Kafka project. Confluent and Kafka have developed a streaming data technology that processes massive amounts of information in real-time.
The streaming database technology was developed at LinkedIn as a way of moving massive amounts of messages. The company decided to open-source that tech in 2011, and Confluent launched as the commercial arm in 2014.
While the base open-source component remains available for free download, it doesn’t include the additional tooling the company has built to make it easier for enterprises to use Kafka. Confluent's value add is in those additional tools, including a cloud version of the product and a marketplace for sharing extensions to the platform.
Confluent expanded strategic partnerships with Microsoft and acquired Immerok, and in 2023 expanded its cloud platform. 2024 saw further product expansions with the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, all exemplifying how the company is living up to its name by rocket-boosting the benefits of Apache Kafka integration for companies.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
27% female employees
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2020
$250m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $455.9m
Company values
- Earn Our Customers' Love - Our customers are the lifeblood of our business and our most important stakeholder. We strive to earn their love with everything we do
- To Build a Great Company, Build a Great Team - We believe that an important part of building a great company is making sure that our employees are the best they can be.
- Smart, Humble, and Empathetic - Our employees appreciate, benefit, and learn from working with other smart, humble, and empathetic people. We strive to hire those who care deeply about others and interact with empathy towards our customers, partners, and employees.
- Be Fired up and Get It Done - As much as we benefit from working with smart, humble, and empathetic employees, we also need to “get it done” to pursue our enormous market opportunity. We are in hyper-growth mode and are scaling to fill the demands of the market and our current and future customers.
- Tasteful not Wasteful - We want to invest in areas that matter the most -- in other words, spend “tastefully,” not wastefully. We believe that thoughtful spending is essential to building a high-quality business.
- One Team - It is critical that we act as and make decisions as a unified company, doing our best to optimize globally rather than locally. This means doing our best to avoid the misalignments that some companies can be prone to. It means recognizing that when employees and teams succeed, Confluent as a whole succeeds.
Company HQ
Mountain View, California
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Leadership
Jay Kreps
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn.
Neha Narkhede
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously a Lead Engineer at LinkedIn and Oracle. They are an Investor/advisor for Gem, Block Party, Material Security, Abacus AI, Cortex Data, Yugabyte, Metaphor Data, Natalist, Common Room, and more.
Jun Rao
(Co-Founder)Previously a Senior Engineer at LinkedIn. Has a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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