Legal Counsel

Who we are → About Matter Labs

At Matter Labs, we believe freedom drives progress and prosperity. Our mission is to advance freedom for all — through mass adoption of crypto.

To make that real, we’re building ZKsync, a verifiable blockchain network secured by zero‑knowledge proofs. Backed by over $250 million in funding from some of the world’s smartest investors , we move fast, ship often, and judge ourselves by the results we create.

More than 20 teams already run or are building custom ZKsync chains on our network, from crypto leaders like Crypto.com, Abstract, and Lens, to global brands such as Deutsche Bank and Xsolla.

About the role

We are looking for a Legal Counsel, Transactions to join our legal team. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you will be Matter Labs principal in-house legal advisor for a broad range of product,commercial, corporate, and compliance matters. Primary work will be partnering with our engineering team on products. Additionally, you will handle simple contracts (i.e. vendor, NDAs) and cross-border transactions commercial agreements (including simple. You will also work on global IP, privacy, and employment matters.

As our ideal candidate, you are as comfortable driving projects as you are jumping in to help on other matters, regardless of the work to be done. You are a flexible and creative thinker with a pragmatic business mindset and solution-oriented approach to delivering legal services. You are willing to learn new areas of the law. You have a high emotional intelligence when interacting and collaborating with a variety of internal partners and sophisticated clients. You have strong integrity and ethics. And you want to be part of a low-ego, high-performance company.

This is a 100% remote position (with the likelihood of optional travel to team and/or industry events) and is open to East Coast U.S., EU and UK based candidates.

What You'll Be Doing

• Product CounselLegal Advice: Provide expert advice on product development, privacy, data protection, and intellectual property matters.

• Commercial and Corporate Agreements: Reviewing simple agreements and negotiating and drafting commercial agreements and technology transactions.

• Compliance: Counsel internal clients on legal and compliance policies and implications related to proposed transactions.

• Global Employment: Advice and policy review/drafting and compliance in partnership with the People Team

• General Counsel Support: Perform various other duties as delegated by the General Counsel

What We Look For in You

• Experience: 3-5 years as a lawyer, with a background in both top-tier law firms and in-house roles, particularly in international product counseling, corporate transactions and technology as well as SOC2 and GDPR; experience in other areas a plus (i.e. employment, IP)

• Jurisdictional Qualification: Legally qualified to practice law in your jurisdiction

• Legal Crypto Knowledge: Experience in the crypto space is required

• Cross-Border Expertise: Proven ability or at least willingness to learn how to handle legal issues across different jurisdictions, with experience engaging local counsel when necessary

• Commercial Acumen: Excellent commercial awareness with a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to legal challenges.

• High Emotional Intelligence: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, influence and build relationships across organizational and geographic boundaries

• Collaboration: Effective in working with diverse stakeholders and maintaining productive working relationships

• Self-Motivation: Highly self-motivated, flexible, proactive, and capable of managing complex matters with minimal supervision

• Communication Skills: Impeccable judgment and fluency in English; additional languages are a plus

• Academic Background: Strong academic credentials from a top-tier institution

Work model & pay

• Remote‑first: work wherever you’re most effective; optional travel to team or industry events. Ideally East Coast or European time zone.

• Freedom & ownership culture: no time tracking, minimum bureaucracy—only results matter.

For more on how we work, check out our Team Handbook.

Benefits snapshot

• Competitive compensation, equity, and token package

• Premium health, dental, and vision coverage

• 16 weeks paid parental leave

• Flexible paid time off plus company‑wide closure weeks

• $2 000 equipment stipend & $300 monthly co‑working allowance

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Don't meet every requirement? Apply anyway. We're more interested in your potential, judgment, and motivation to work with our team than a perfect resume match.