Product and Technology Counsel, Workstream
$75 to $100 per hour + Equity
Hourly worker recruitment platform
Posted today
Hourly worker recruitment platform
201-500 employees
Posted today
$75 to $100 per hour + Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help businesses hire faster and smarter, so they can focus on supporting their team and serving their customers.
Role
Who you are
- Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Builds strong relationships across teams
- Translates complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance
- JD + license to practice in the U.S
- 6+ years in tech transactions, SaaS product counseling, or in-house legal (startup or high-growth experience a plus)
- Expertise in AI/ML compliance, data privacy (CCPA, CPRA, GDPR), and enterprise SaaS contracts
- Ability to speak “product” and “engineering”, not just “legalese.”
- A bias for action — you see legal as a growth enabler, not just risk control
Desirable
- Labor law knowledge for hourly or gig workers
- Experience with fintech or financial compliance
- Familiarity with the restaurant, retail, or franchise space
What the job involves
- With the rise of AI and new business models, we've unlocked massive opportunities, and we’re seeking a sharp, business-minded Product Counsel who builds, not blocks
- This isn’t a back-office legal job. You’ll collaborate directly with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to shape how our products work—everything from AI-powered hiring tools to new ways for workers to own and grow their careers
- You’ll be the primary legal partner for product development, advising on regulatory requirements, risk mitigation, and creative, business-oriented solutions that allow us to move fast without breaking trust
- This is a contractor position, with strong potential to evolve into a full-time role based on performance and business needs
- Partner with product teams to design legally sound features, including AI/ML-powered services and worker-focused fintech
- Draft and refine Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and AI use guidelines that make sense for both businesses and workers
- Review and negotiate enterprise customer contracts with top franchise brands in the US
- Create practical frameworks for responsible AI, data privacy, and worker account portability
- Help the company push boundaries safely with innovative B2B2C models for hourly workers
- Stay ahead of evolving laws in AI, data privacy, labor, and fintech — and translate them into clear, actionable guidance for the team
- You’ll shape legal strategy for cutting-edge AI + SaaS products
- You’ll work side-by-side with leadership, influencing product roadmaps
Our take
Recruiting new staff can be a time-consuming process for HR teams; requiring them to source, screen, and communicate with every potential candidate. Whilst the process has been made easier through online job boards, this has only led to larger pools of potential candidates, putting further pressure on the workload of recruiters.
Workstream provides an hourly worker recruitment platform, focused on automating digital communication and application management with candidates to reduce workloads for recruitment teams. The platform also allows users to post open roles to over 25,000 job boards at once, in addition to automating all paperwork workflows.
Whilst the prevalence of smart recruitment platforms will present difficult competition for Workstream, the company shows the potential to disrupt the market with its automated communication, paperwork, and mass job posting capabilities. It continues to launch new products and features - such as its multilingual and customizable AI chatbot - and has raised strong capital to support accelerated expansion and the broadening of product development.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2022
$60m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$48m
SERIES B
Total funding: $118m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- Access to a generous number of fully-paid counseling sessions with licensed therapists every year
- Flexible PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Equity options
- Quarterly learning reimbursement that can be used toward continuing education, books, subscriptions and more
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Desmond Lim
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Product Manager for WeChat. CEO and Co-founder of QuikForce from 2014 to 2016.
Max Wang
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience as Software Engineer for Sinovation Ventures. Co-founder and CTO of VC.CN from 2011 to 2016.
Lei Xu
(Co-Founder)Worked on Revenue Acceleration and Software Engineering for Google from 2012 to 2015. Experience as Co-founder and CTO of Emote.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 16 more jobs at Workstream