Employment Counsel

Job Description:

• Provide first-line legal support on performance management, disciplinary processes, accommodations, policy questions, and exits
• Advise on international employment matters across Coinbase's 20+ country footprint
• Partner with outside local counsel and HR on cross-border questions, country expansions, and EMEA and APAC employee issues
• Support employment agreement workflows, including offer letter review, standard separation agreements, transfer letters, and relocation agreements
• Review AI tool deployments against Coinbase's AI employment law compliance framework
• Advise on bias audit obligations and draft required notices and disclosures
• Partner with the People team on EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP obligations, and pay equity compliance
• Support employment litigation and administrative proceedings, including drafting EEOC position statements, coordinating with outside counsel, managing litigation holds, and assisting with discovery
• Track employment law developments and turn them into practical guidance for HR partners

Requirements:

• J.D. with active U.S. state bar membership
• 5+ years of employment law experience, including meaningful in-house experience advising HR business partners
• Strong U.S. advice-and-counsel experience across performance management, terminations, accommodations and leaves
• Hands-on experience with employment litigation and administrative charges, including position statements, discovery, litigation holds and outside counsel coordination
• Working knowledge of U.S. HR compliance requirements, including EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP, and pay equity
• Demonstrated engagement with the emerging AI and employment law regulatory landscape
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight
• Experience with hourly or customer experience populations is a plus
• Experience counseling on international employment matters is a plus

Benefits:

• Equity eligibility
• Bonus eligibility
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)