Join Affirm as a transactional attorney to negotiate vendor agreements in a remote-first, high-growth environment.
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Counsel II for Vendors at Affirm will focus on negotiating and executing a variety of vendor agreements while managing a high volume of deals efficiently. The position requires strong transactional legal skills, particularly in technology and fintech, along with a solid understanding of data protection laws. Ideal candidates will have over five years of relevant experience, preferably in-house at a tech company, and should be adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline legal processes. Affirm's remote-first culture emphasizes flexibility and a commitment to employee well-being.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Affirm's career page.
- Affirm has 169 other open roles including Client Success Specialist II, Director, Product Management, Director, Accounts Management.
- 105 active Fintech roles on Joblaze right now.
- 96 active Payments roles on Joblaze right now.
- 46 active Financial Services roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$113,600).
Quick facts
- Is the Counsel II, Vendor role remote?
- Yes — Affirm lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Affirm lists $164,000–$245,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Counsel II, Vendor role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Fintech, Financial Services, Payments, Privacy, Data Protection.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Affirm targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Counsel II, Vendor role at Affirm.
From the original posting
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
About the Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team
The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team is a group of dedicated professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products for consumers, merchants, and key partners. We combine legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth, shape products, and build trust across our ecosystem. Our work spans multiple professional disciplines and provides the foundation for Affirm’s mission to deliver honest financial products.
About the role
Affirm seeks a practical, proactive, and people-oriented transactional attorney to join our Vendor Legal team. You are pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and comfortable balancing risk with business velocity in a high-growth, technology-driven environment. You will partner closely with Procurement, Financial Partners, and other cross‑functional teams to negotiate a range of vendor transactions. In addition to managing a busy deal pipeline, you will help design and improve processes, playbooks, and programs that increase efficiency and deal velocity so the team can scale with company growth.
What you'll do
- Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of a wide range of vendor agreements, including technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, marketing/creative, lease, and payment processing engagements. Manage a high volume of deals with speed and sound judgment.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and workflows that enable the team to operate efficiently at scale. Identify friction points and build solutions that reduce cycle time without sacrificing quality.
- Work closely with procurement, financial partnerships, engineering, product, finance, information security, privacy, and other teams to provide clear, practical guidance.
- Serve as a proactive, strategic business partner to stakeholders across the organization.
- Develop and deliver training and resources that empower business partners to self-serve on routine commercial legal matters, increasing team capacity and reducing bottlenecks.
What we look for
- JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- 5+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm.
- Exceptional drafting skills.
- Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services.
- Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional transactions (e.g., Canada, US, UK/EU, Australia).
- Strong working knowledge of data protection and privacy regimes such as CCPA, GDPR, APPs, PIPEDA, and GLBA.
- Proven ability to manage high deal volume while maintaining quality, consistency, and attention to detail.
- A track record of building or improving legal processes, playbooks, templates, or other operational tools in a high-growth environment.
- Clear, concise communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal and commercial issues into plain language.
- Collaborative working style, with experience guiding cross-functional teams toward practical, win-win outcomes.
- Intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving instincts: you learn new products and business models quickly and enjoy finding solutions to novel challenges.
- Proactive, self-starter mentality with a bias for action.
- Excellent judgment, and ability to make timely, pragmatic, and business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations with imperfect information.
- Humility, integrity and a sense of humor; you take your work seriously, but not yourself.
Base Pay Grade - M
Equity Grade - 6
Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)
USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $185,000 - $245,000
USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $164,000 - $224,000
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
#LI-Remote
Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.
We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include:
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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