Senior Paralegal, Shakepay

• Certified paralegal or equivalent Canadian corporate law clerk/paralegal qualification
• 5+ years of experience supporting an in-house legal team or law firm
• Strong experience with corporate governance, corporate records, commercial contracts, and legal administration
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities, and bringing structure to ambiguous problems
• Curious about technology and excited to use AI and automation to improve the way legal work gets done
• Excellent written communication, judgment, and discretion
• We understand that potential can be just as valuable as experience. If you're eager to learn, grow, and contribute to the mission but worry that you may not have the “right” experience, we still want you to apply

Desirable

• The Legal team is small but highly leveraged. We partner closely with Product, Compliance, Finance, Operations, People, and leadership to help Shakepay move quickly in a highly regulated environment
• We're building a modern legal function where legal operations, automation and AI are part of how we work, not side projects. If you enjoy improving systems, taking ownership, and finding better ways of working, you'll have a meaningful impact from day one
• We're looking for an experienced Senior Paralegal to join us on a contract through late March or early April
• This is much more than a traditional corporate paralegal role. You'll own core legal operations, corporate administration, contract workflows and regulatory documentation while helping us build a more scalable Legal function
• You'll work directly with the General Counsel and leadership team and have significant autonomy to improve processes, introduce efficiencies and leverage AI wherever it creates value
• We're looking for someone who enjoys figuring things out, brings strong judgment and can quickly become a trusted partner to the business
• Own day-to-day legal operations and corporate administration
• Maintain corporate records, minute books, governance documents, annual filings, and entity records
• Prepare, review, organize, and coordinate execution of contracts, NDAs, signature packages, templates, and other legal documentation
• Support regulatory and compliance initiatives through document management, evidence collection, licensing and registration work, and regulatory responses
• Manage legal intake, priorities, deadlines, and matter tracking
• Improve how Legal operates by building better templates, playbooks, workflows, knowledge management, and AI-enabled processes
• Partner with teams across the company to help legal work move efficiently