Legal Counsel, Betterment

• A JD, admission to a state bar, and at least 4 years of relevant in-house or firm experience
• An adaptable mindset and innate curiosity
• A bias toward action and solving problems, not just issue spotting
• The ability to take ownership over your work and manage projects independently
• Excellent writing ability
• Comfort navigating complexity and creating simplicity where possible
• Passion for Betterment’s product and mission

Desirable

• Navigate legal and regulatory requirements, operational issues, and related matters
• Support Betterment at Work, our 401(k) business line, as it scales
• Support Betterment for Advisors, our third-party advisor custodian business line, as it scales
• Evaluate and advise on legal issues pertaining to our retirement plan programs, including ERISA
• Negotiate complex commercial agreements and advise our client success and sales teams
• Build and improve our standard form agreements and legal processes
• Assist our product organization in developing and implementing new features and products, including drafting customer agreements, disclosures, and related documentation
• Help to resolve and avoid potential disputes
• Collaborate with outside counsel when necessary

• We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
• In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment
• Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
• On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency
• As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision
• Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process