Senior Counsel, OpenSea
Legal & Compliance
$195-280k
+ Equity
Decentralised NFT marketplace
Be an early applicant
Decentralised NFT marketplace
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$195-280k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To shape an accessible and open digital economy for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- JD and 5–7+ years of experience in sanctions/OFAC compliance, AML, or financial crimes, with demonstrated depth of ownership
- Working knowledge of privacy laws and regulatory frameworks, including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
- Strong understanding of blockchain technology, crypto, and digital asset markets
- Proven judgment and decision-making experience—you’ve made disposition calls, not just escalated issues
- Experience working cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, and business stakeholders
- Ability to operate autonomously in a lean, fast-paced environment where you own outcomes
- Enthusiasm for AI tools and process innovation, with a willingness to experiment and improve how legal work gets done
- If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone who is excited to join the team
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Counsel, Legal & Compliance to join our lean, highly embedded legal team. This hybrid role leads our illicit finance and sanctions compliance program while owning our privacy and data regulatory function
- You’ll run critical pillars on a four-person team that supports product, regulatory strategy, and commercial work
- This is a high-ownership role in a non-siloed environment where you’ll partner closely with Engineering and Product, make real disposition calls, and help shape a modern, AI-native legal and compliance function in web3
- Own and evolve OpenSea’s OFAC sanctions and counter-illicit finance compliance program, including wallet screening, alert management, and enforcement of controls
- Interpret and advise on changes to sanctions regimes
- Work with our compliance investigator to investigate and adjudicate edge cases, making disposition decisions on whether to block, escalate, or clear activity
- Execute annual risk assessments and country risk assessments
- Prepare and deliver quarterly compliance reporting to senior leadership
- Lead GDPR and other privacy and data regulatory frameworks (including CCPA/CPRA)
- Support product teams with privacy risk analysis for new features and integrations
- Support contract negotiation as capacity allows in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
- Track legislative and regulatory developments and flag implications for the business
- Provide input on important submissions and regulatory filings
- Think about legal and regulatory risk holistically as part of a nimble team
Our take
OpenSea is a peer-to-peer digital marketplace for NFTs or uniquely identifiable digital items. These items are authenticated with blockchain and are part of a new internet economy that consists of digital products representing art, game characters, domain names, and event tickets.
The OpenSea platform allows users to both purchase NFTs or list digital items for sale. The platform initially encountered speed issues when NFT trading boomed due to the limitations of the Ethereum blockchain technology it was using. However, the company has transitioned to a new blockchain system, Polygon, which has mitigated the problem.
In the wake of the FTX collapse the NFT world has been shaken up, and new competitors have arisen to take advantage of the disruption. One such rival, Blur, overtook OpenSea's market lead in 2023. This has led to OpenSea changing its policies and fee structures to be more favourable to creators in a bid to retake its crown. It remains to be seen whether Blur and other rivals will be able to keep up the pressure, but it's clear that OpenSea will need to innovate if it wants to remain at the head of the market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2022
$300m
SERIES C
Jul 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $427.3m
Company benefits
- Paid family leave
- Health insurance
- Flexible vacation policy
- Flexible hours
- Workshops & conferences
- Travel & company retreats
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Devin Finzer
(CEO & Co-Founder)Started their career as a Pinterest Software Engineer, before leaving after almost 2 years to co-found Iris Labs and Claimdog. They left their Engineering Manager role at Credit Karma in December 2017 to co-found OpenSea.
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