Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone.
We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression.
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Product (Captions by Mirage)
Research (Seeing Voices, technical-white-paper)
Updates (Mirage on X / twitter)
TechCrunch, Forbes AI 50, Fast Company (press)
Our Investors
We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.
Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)
About the role
As Product Counsel, you'll be the day-to-day legal partner to our product, engineering, and research teams. You’ll be advising on new features, model launches, and creative tools from concept through ship. Mirage operates at the frontier of generative media, where likeness rights, copyright and training data, privacy, and platform policy all collide. You'll own that surface area.
Your scope won't stop at product. Partnering with the Chief of Staff and founders, you'll help triage the company's broader legal needs across commercial, corporate, and employment, and help manage those workflows, alongside our outside counsel where necessary. This role is a fit for a strong product lawyer who wants real startup experience and an opportunity to shape and scale our legal function while also serving as a business thought partner.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as embedded counsel for product and engineering, reviewing features, flows, and launches at the pace we ship
Advise on the hard questions in generative AI and synthetic media: right of publicity, IP and copyright, content moderation, and provenance and disclosure
Own consumer-facing legal surfaces like our Terms of Service, privacy policy, in-product disclosures and consents, and app store compliance
Counsel marketing and growth on claims, endorsements, and promotions
Build lightweight legal processes, such as launch reviews and escalation paths, that enable speed rather than slow it down
Triage incoming legal matters across the company and manage with relevant stakeholders, including outside counsel when necessary
What makes you a great fit
5+ years of legal experience, including substantial product counsel work at a consumer technology company (in-house, or firm plus in-house)
J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one state bar with an ability to practice in-house in New York.
Fluency in the legal landscape of consumer software: privacy (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA), IP, UGC and content issues, and consumer protection
Practical, business-first judgment. You give clear, concise answers and workable paths forward, not memos
Comfortable operating as the only lawyer in the room, with the curiosity to stretch into the unknown
Even better if…
You have experience with generative AI, synthetic media, or similar technologies
You've managed outside counsel relationships and legal spend
You've been an early legal hire at a startup, or have been looking for that experience
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
401K with employer match
Commuter Benefits
Catered lunch multiple days per week
Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
Grubhub subscription
Health & Wellness Perks
Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
Generous PTO policy
Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of legal experience, including substantial product counsel work at a consumer technology company (in-house or firm plus in-house)
- J.D. and active membership in good standing in at least one state bar with the ability to practice in-house in New York
- Fluency in privacy law and regulations (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA)
- Fluency in IP, copyright, UGC/content moderation, and consumer protection issues
- Experience drafting and maintaining consumer-facing legal documents (Terms of Service, Privacy Policy), in-product disclosures, consents, and app store compliance
- Practical, business-first judgment with ability to provide clear, concise, actionable guidance
- Comfortable operating as the sole or primary lawyer and working cross-functionally with founders and product teams
- Experience with generative AI, synthetic media, or similar technologies
- Experience managing outside counsel relationships and legal spend
- Prior experience as an early legal hire at a startup
What We Do
We’re building full-stack foundation models and products that are changing video creation, production and editing more broadly. Over 20 million creators and businesses use Mirage’s products to reach their full creative and commercial potential. We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. As an early member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to have an outsized impact on our products and our company's culture.
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