Senior Legal Counsel & Employment Expert

Papaya

Austin, United States Posted October 11, 2026

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On-site Full-time Senior
Job Description

Join our team as a Senior Legal Counsel & Employment Expert. In this role, you will handle global employment issues, provide day-to-day support on employment and labor issues, draft and revise employee-related documents, negotiate legal contracts, and work closely with our global partners on employment legal issues. You will also coordinate clients' legal and commercial needs, provide general corporate law advice, and leverage AI-powered tools to support legal workflows. This position offers a range of benefits, including gym reimbursement, paternity/maternity leave, meal vouchers, remote work allowance, and a yearly budget for learning and development.

  • Gérer les questions d'emploi à l'échelle mondiale et servir de point de contact expert pour les questions de droit du travail et d'emploi, y compris les litiges.
  • Fournir des conseils et un soutien quotidien sur les questions d'emploi et de travail, y compris le recrutement, la gestion de la performance, les licenciements, la rémunération et les covenants restrictifs.
  • Rédiger, réviser et conseiller sur les documents liés aux employés, y compris les contrats de travail, les contrats de sous-traitance et les accords de séparation.
  • Our ideal candidate is an experienced commercial and employment lawyer who will serve as the company's and its clients' professional point of contact across commercial contracts and global employment law matters
  • Attention to detail
  • Comfortable dealing with a global customer base and interacting in a multicultural environment
  • Expertise in labor and employment laws (local and international)
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools as an integral part of legal workflows, including legal drafting, contract review, employment law research, legal summarization, and cross-jurisdiction legal analysis
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to leverage and implement AI-assisted workflows, including building AI-driven processes and automation for the legal team, to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability of legal operations while maintaining high standards of legal accuracy, confidentiality, and professional judgment
  • Experience in litigation - an advantage
  • Able to communicate legal issues and solutions clearly and concisely
  • Experience in human resources or any other related field - an advantage
  • US-qualified attorney/lawyer with 4+ years' experience as in-house counsel in a High-Tech/Fintech company and as an attorney at a prominent law firm
  • Good organizational and time-management skills
  • Multi-tasker, self-motivated and persistent
Required Skills
legal advice corporate law learning and development employment law recruiting commercial contracts attention to detail written communication litigation time management
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