Director Assistant General Counsel, Snorkel AI
Workforce Integrity & Marketplace Compliance
$224-336k
1+ day a week in office
The AI data research lab
Be an early applicant
The AI data research lab
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$224-336k
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to solve their most impactful problems through data-centric AI.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in traditional employment law and independent contractor models, along with experience counseling product and business teams in startup environments
- We’re looking for a pragmatic, business-oriented attorney who exercises strong judgment, communicates clearly, and balances legal risk with operational realities
- J.D. and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 10+ years of experience in employment law, labor issues, and/or marketplace counseling
- Deep expertise in independent contractor classification and marketplace workforce models
- Experience counseling product and business teams in startup or high-growth technology companies
- Strong understanding of traditional employment law and employee relations
- Excellent judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business priorities
- Strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills
Desirable
- Experience supporting marketplace, gig economy, or platform businesses
- In-house experience at a technology or startup company
- Familiarity with global workforce compliance issues
- Experience building scalable compliance programs
What the job involves
- Snorkel is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as Director (AGC), Workforce Integrity & Marketplace Compliance
- Reporting to Snorkel’s General Counsel, this role will lead employment, labor, and marketplace compliance strategy across a fast-moving, technology-driven business
- This person will partner closely with Product, Operations, People, Policy, Trust & Safety, and leadership to navigate workforce and marketplace risk while enabling growth
- Advise on employment law matters, including employee relations, performance management, accommodations, investigations, wage and hour, and terminations
- Counsel People and leadership teams on workforce strategy, organizational risk, and compliance
- Provide practical guidance on federal, state, and local employment laws
- Lead legal strategy related to independent contractor classification and marketplace workforce models
- Advise on marketplace products, onboarding flows, incentives, and contractor programs
- Assess regulatory and litigation risks tied to platform-based labor models
- Build scalable governance frameworks that support growth while mitigating workforce risk
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, Policy, and Trust & Safety teams on product development and operational initiatives
- Translate legal requirements into practical business guidance
- Help leadership evaluate tradeoffs between growth, user experience, operational efficiency, and legal exposure
- Deliver risk-based, solutions-oriented recommendations in fast-moving environments
- Monitor employment and marketplace regulatory developments and advise on business impact
- Support investigations, audits, disputes, and regulatory inquiries
- Develop policies, trainings, escalation procedures, and compliance controls
- Partner with outside counsel on employment and marketplace matters as needed
Our take
Demand for AI is increasing in almost every industry, but the machine learning that fuels it is tedious to set up. In order to train machine learning algorithms, training data must be labelled manually, and this contributes to expenses in time, money and resources when integrating AI within a business.
Snorkel AI develops programmatic approaches to data labelling in order to automate the setup process of machine learning and decrease the required timeframe for a business to begin providing AI services. In addition to these automated data categorization services, the company also integrates data training, management, and analysis into a unified AI-deployment platform.
The complex computer science behind AI setup has resulted in many businesses without computer science backgrounds being left behind, and Snorkel AI has set this as their target audience. And recently, the company raised some serious funding which it plans to use to expand the company;'s engineering, research, and go-to-market efforts.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2025
$100m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$85m
SERIES C
Total funding: $235m
Company benefits
- Health: Snorkelers and their dependents are covered by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Wellness: All Snorkelers get a yearly wellness stipend to use on anything related to health and well-being.
- PTO and rest days: We provide unlimited personal time off so you can find your work-life balance. Plus, two company-wide rest days per quarter in addition to company holidays.
- One global team: From our headquarters in Redwood City, CA, to regional offices in San Francisco and New York, we work together as one global team.
- Events: Get to know your fellow Snorkelers outside of work! We host regular events and learning opportunities for our teams across our offices and virtually to connect, have fun, and grow.
- Family leave: Snorkel offers generous parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents based on eligibility.
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Alex Ratner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied at Harvard and received a PhD from Stanford. They are also an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
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