Paralegal

About the Company

Rain makes the next generation of payments possible across the globe. We’re a lean and mighty team of passionate builders and veteran founders. Our infrastructure makes stablecoins usable in the real-world by powering card transactions, cross-border payments, B2B purchases, remittances, and more. We partner with fintechs, neobanks, and institutions to help them launch solutions that are global, inclusive, and efficient. You will have the opportunity to deliver massive impact at a hypergrowth company that is funded by some of the top investors in fintech, crypto, and SaaS, including Sapphire Ventures, Norwest, Galaxy Ventures, Lightspeed, Khosla, and several more. If you’re curious, bold, and excited to help shape a borderless financial future, we’d love to talk.

Our Ethos

We believe in an open and flat structure. You will be able to grow into the role that most aligns with your goals. Our team members at all levels have the freedom to explore ideas and impact the roadmap and vision of our company.

About the Role

A Corporate Paralegal to support legal, compliance, and operational workflows. In this position, you’ll not only handle traditional corporate paralegal responsibilities but also play a critical role in supporting our partnerships and strategic initiatives, helping keep us compliant and nimble in the fast-paced cryptocurrency regulatory environment. Success in this role requires self-reliance, resourcefulness, and organization. You’ll love this position if you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy taking initiative, and are eager to wear many hats. As a member of our legal team, you’ll be entrusted with sensitive information, complex projects, and direct interactions with key internal and external stakeholders. Ideal candidates would be based in DC or NYC; we will consider remote candidates for the right fit.

What You’ll Do

Legal Support

• Prepare, review, edit, proofread, and manage legal documents, including NDAs, vendor agreements, and partnership agreements

• Organize and maintain our corporate records, ensure compliance with regulatory and corporate governance requirements, and assist in managing corporate and financial licensing/regulatory filings across multiple domestic and international jurisdictions

• Assist with gathering and organizing documents for transaction and partnership diligence

• Set up, organize, and maintain secure data rooms for various diligence projects

• Assist with updates and coordination of employee-facing legal materials (e.g., employee handbook)

• Prepare signature packets, create and manage timelines and project checklists, coordinate legalization processes for regulatory filings

Legal Operations & Process Improvement

• Issue-spot bottlenecks in our legal workflows, recommend solutions, and implement scalable processes, including for CLM, corporate records, and matter tracking

• Support contract lifecycle oversight by tracking renewals, expirations, obligations, and milestones, and managing reporting through our contract lifecycle management (CLM) software

• Build and maintain internal legal knowledge repositories (e.g., contract playbooks, clause libraries, FAQs)

• Triage and manage legal requests from internal teams via intake forms, Slack bots, or ticketing systems

• Manage vendor performance for the legal team

Risk Management

• Gather documentation and prepare response materials for audits and regulatory filings

• Manage domestic and international lending and money transmitter licensing, registration, and renewal workflows

• Support our compliance team as needed with the rollout of compliance policies

What we're looking for

• At least 4 years of experience as a corporate or commercial paralegal in an AmLaw 200 law firm or a mature in-house legal department

• Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of complex projects, including making independent decisions and managing ambiguity

• Exceptional organization, a detail-oriented approach, and strong judgment and prioritization skills

• Proven comfort with confidentiality and discretion

• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives and legal professionals

• Creative problem-solving skills and a solutions-first mindset

• Comfort in navigating a rapidly changing environment with multiple moving parts and priorities

• Proficiency with tools like GSuite or Office365, Adobe Acrobat Pro, DocuSign, data rooms, and contract management software (e.g., SpotDraft or Ironclad)

• Based in NYC or willingness to travel to our NYC headquarters up to 25% of the time

Nice to have, but not mandatory

• Experience in fintech, blockchain, startup, or financial services environments

• Background in state licensing requirements, corporate formation, and financial onboarding

• Exposure to startup legal operations and cross-functional collaboration

• Active New York Notary Public commission

Things that enable a fulfilling, healthy, and happy experience at Rain:

• Unlimited time off 🌴 Unlimited vacation can be daunting, so we require Rainmakers to take at least 10 days off.

• Flexible working ☕ We support a flexible workplace. If you feel comfortable at home, please work from home. If you’d like to work with others in an office, feel free to come in. We want everyone to be able to work in the environment in which they are their most confident and productive selves. New Rainmakers will receive a stipend to create a comfortable home environment.

• Easy to access benefits 🧠For US Rainmakers, we offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents, as well as a 100% company subsidized life insurance plan.

• Retirement goals💡Plan for the future with confidence. We offer a 401(k) with a 4% company match.

• Equity plan 📦 We offer every Rainmaker an equity option plan so we can all benefit from our success.

• Rain Cards 🌧️ We want Rainmakers to be knowledgeable about our core products and services. To support this mission, we issue a card for our team to use for testing.

• Health and Wellness 📚 High performance begins from within. Rainmakers are welcome to use their card for eligible health and wellness spending like gym memberships/fitness classes, massages, acupuncture - whatever recharges you!

• Team summits ✨ Summits play an important role at Rain! Time spent together helps us get to know each other, strengthen our relationships, and build a common destiny. Expect team and company off-sites both domestically and internationally.