Product Counsel
We're transforming the grocery industry
Instacart is the North American leader in online grocery and one of the fastest-growing companies in e-commerce. Since 2012, we’ve been working towards creating a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together.
Groceries delivered to your door in as little as an hour. It seems simple, right? Well, it’s more complex than that. From re-routing deliveries during snowstorms, to connecting customers with coupons and deals for their favorite brands, to updating over half a billion grocery data lines every night...our efforts bring Instacart closer to being the operating system for the grocery industry.
OVERVIEW
As Product Counsel, you’ll work closely with our product development teams to help solve thorny legal problems and enable the business to scale and grow. You’ll be providing sound legal advice to clients with respect to business operations and product development. You’ll need to be proactive and engaged, able to work well cross-functionally both internally and externally, excited about technology and e-commerce, and ready to roll your sleeves up and dig into tough legal problems to reach a creative solution. Every day we solve incredibly hard problems to create an experience for our customer that is absolutely magical. Join us!
ABOUT THE JOB
- Work closely with our product development teams to provide counseling, education, and guidance on legal compliance for new and existing platform features and tools.
- Work cross-functionally within the legal team, including litigation, privacy, compliance, intellectual property, and technical delivery.
- Provide sound, practical advice and guidance on legal and business-related issues.
- Create and support continuous improvements of forms, policies, and processes to help streamline, simplify, and automate support.
- Understand and stay up to date on applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards related to marketplaces, systems and tools with the ability to explain complex legal issues in plain English.
- Think ahead, see around corners, and help to prepare for and minimize risks that may arise in the future.
ABOUT YOU
- A J.D. and membership in the California Bar in good standing, or eligible to register as in-house counsel with the California Bar
- A minimum of 4 years working as a lawyer at a leading law firm or in-house legal department (in-house experience, especially at a tech company or retailer, a plus)
- Innate curiosity, desire and ability to learn rapidly
- Resiliency and comfort serving as a trusted business partner
- Quick adopter of new and evolving technology
- A team player with a sense of humor and self awareness
Accommodations & Accessibility
At Instacart, we strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need assistance submitting an application through our career site due to a disability, please submit an Accommodations Request Form and someone from our team will reach out soon to see how we may be able to assist.