Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.
Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.
We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.
The Zipline Legal Team is searching for an experienced, high-powered, and process-oriented Senior Paralegal who will support our corporate legal function. In this role, you will partner closely with others on the Corporate Legal team and cross-functional stakeholders, such as Finance, People, and Compensation. You’ll bring attention to detail, organizational skills, and a positive attitude to everything you do. You’ll be a core member of a strong, friendly, passionate, in-house legal function and will report to Zipline’s Deputy General Counsel, Corporate. If you're energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate and radically improve processes, and motivated by work that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do- Provide project management and support for complex corporate transactions including financing rounds and strategic transactions through due diligence coordination, document management and closing preparations
- Assist in supporting our equity program and management of our equity management platforms (Carta and Shareworks)
- Manage U.S. state and local filings, business licenses, and various business entity documents with governmental agencies
- Oversee subsidiary management, including entity records, officer and director tracking, organizational charts, annual filings, and related governance documentation
- Manage and maintain corporate records and databases
- Work with other members of the Legal team as well as other company functional departments on special projects and initiatives
- Design, develop, and implement or improve systems and processes to increase efficiency, support scalability, and ensure quality
- Work to identify, build and maintain scalable corporate operations processes, with emphasis on documentation and audit trails
- Your relationship-driven approach allows you to build strong cross-functional relationships across all levels of the business to influence and inspire other teams
- As part of a small team supporting a rapidly growing organization, the ideal candidate demonstrates sound judgment in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional corporate work and thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
- You are proactive and pragmatic problem solving - seeing risks and potential issues before they arise and proposing effective solutions.
- You thrive in high-pressure and time-sensitive situations, and love the feeling of undramatically and quickly solving any problems that come your way.
- Strong communication and project management skills.
- Effective time management skills that enable you to set aggressive but realistic deadlines that you meet (and usually beat), even with competing priorities.
- Confidence to work independently and judgment to recognize when issues require escalation or input from others.
- A positive attitude and the willingness to collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders.
- At least seven years of relevant experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
The starting cash range for this role is $120,000-$150,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer 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 or our own sensibilities.
We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
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As set forth in Zipline ’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
Skills Required
- At least 7 years of relevant paralegal experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department
- Substantial experience supporting commercial real-estate leasing transactions and managing transaction documents through execution and post-execution administration
- Experience using lease-administration, contract-lifecycle, document-management, or comparable systems to maintain accurate transaction records and deadlines
- Sound judgment to handle routine matters independently within established guidance and escalate non-standard terms, risks, and exceptions to counsel
- Strong written communication, document organization, and project-management skills across multiple time-sensitive matters
- Proactive, detail-oriented, pragmatic approach to identifying risks, resolving issues, and managing competing priorities
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Ability to work in person at South San Francisco HQ
Zipline Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zipline and has not been reviewed or approved by Zipline.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is consistently described as comprehensive and high quality, with multiple plan choices, low out‑of‑pocket costs, and additions like HRA, One Medical, and fertility support.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family leave is highlighted as generous and meaningfully used, reinforcing support for major life events.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick days, and holidays are portrayed as solid and broadly available, contributing to overall benefits depth.
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What We Do
Zipline is the world's largest autonomous delivery network and is powered entirely by fixed-wing drones. Our fleet circles the equivalent distance of the equator every 2.5 days, and we have shipped hundreds of thousands of critical medical products across Rwanda, Ghana, and now beginning in the United States.
Why Work With Us
Zipline is the perfect intersection of super cutting-edge tech, deep social mission, and extremely compelling business case. Our small, scrappy, customer-obsessed, humble, and mission-driven team has set the bar for what is possible in the drone logistics industry globally, and has designed some incredibly elegant technology in the process.
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