About Knot

Knot’s mission is to empower consumers and businesses alike with connected merchant and banking experiences. Knot is like “Plaid for merchant connectivity.” We are building the platform connecting merchants to the many applications that consumers and businesses interact with everyday. Our flagship product allows consumers to instantly update & manage their cards on file with online merchant accounts (e.g. Netflix or PayPal). We are building many new products on top of our novel merchant connectivity platform and we hope you choose to come build them with us!

Founded in 2021, Knot was founded by two brothers - Rory and Kieran O’Reilly - and today powers connected online payment experiences for hundreds of thousands of consumers. Companies like Current, BILT, and Fizz choose to embed Knot’s SDK in their apps to power best-in-class experiences for their customers.

Knot is proudly backed by a select group of investors, including Nava Ventures, 8VC, American Express, Plaid, and co-founders & CEOs of prominent companies like Twitter, Warby Parker Allbirds, Casper, Intercom, Deel, Italic, DraftKings, and many more, along with Lydia Jett of SoftBank Group.

Working at Knot

We’re a world-class team hailing from all over the globe with the vast majority of the company in engineering roles. We are looking to further solidify our presence in NYC to be at the heart of the financial services ecosystem.

Our team is relentlessly focused on building for our customers and every member of the financial services ecosystem. We take our work seriously and have fun while doing it. Both are equally important.

What you'll do

• Partner with internal business teams across the following practice areas: customer contracts/MSAs, user-facing agreements, privacy, security, compliance, and financial regulations.
• Provide commercial and technical expertise to identify legal risk and find innovative solutions to mitigate said risk while pushing the business forward.
• Become a subject matter expert on financial or other federal/state regulations regarding both consumer and business data privacy.
• Negotiate and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams at Knot’s Fortune 50 customers - primarily major financial institutions and technology companies
• Gain firsthand experience running both substantive legal work as well as the legal and compliance operations of Knot’s entire business
• Collaborate with and manage external counsel.
• Build trust and rapport with business stakeholders that move at a rapid pace.
• Stay apprised of new and relevant regulatory developments.
• Note that this role has significant room to grow with the business.

What you'll need to get the job done

• JD degree & current admission to the NY state bar
• 5 years of combined, relevant legal experience at a law firm or in-house legal department (ideally with at least 2 years consecutively within a recent role).
• 3 years of experience reviewing and/or negotiating contracts/MSAs with financial institutions
• Regulatory counseling experience in consumer and business data privacy.
• Familiarity with relevant federal/state financial regulations affecting consumers in the U.S.
• Experience working with or at a fast-growing technology startup.
• High degree of professionalism, poise, and ability to creatively influence external stakeholders (e.g. business/legal/compliance teams at major financial institutions).
• Ability to work in a rapidly evolving environment that is prone to frequent and significant change.
• Desire to become a subject matter expert on all legal matters related to Knot’s current and future business, including what is possible to achieve on behalf of consumers with regard to their data portability rights.

What we offer

• Interesting and challenging work
• Competitive base salary generous early employee equity benefits
• 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents (U.S.)
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Beautiful NYC office in the heart of Flatiron