Senior Counsel, Commercial Contracts & Transactions
Proof
Legal
Remote
Posted on Nov 13, 2025
Proof is the world's first identity-assured transaction management platform and we are on a mission to digitize trust for all of life’s most critical transactions. Developed by the same market leaders and experts who brought notarization online with Notarize℠, Proof offers trust in a digital world by verifying identities and securing transactions to protect businesses and their customers. Since 2015, we’ve completed many of the world’s first digital commerce transactions, including the first online real estate closing, online mortgage closing, online auto sale, and online will and we're still just getting started!
As an integral part of our lean legal power team, you'll report to our VP of Legal - Commercial Contracts & Transactions work closely with "client teams" across the organization - from Product and Engineering to Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership.
As our Senior Counsel, you will:
- Structure, draft, and negotiate a high volume of contracts with a focus on enterprise level technology transactions (e.g. SaaS)
- Partner with business and technical teams to lead, negotiate, and finalize commercial agreements. Concisely explain legal terms, identify related risks, and set and execute tactics to achieve the most favorable, risk-mitigated results
- Triage a heavy workflow, setting appropriate priorities with internal clients and delivering results efficiently
- Lead and support the continual effort to streamline the contracting process by improving existing contract templates, playbooks and processes, with an emphasis on efficiency and scalability. Monitor and update contracts required to comply with state and federal law as well as regulatory requirements
- Be a utility player. Take on opportunities and add value as needed in practice areas beyond commercial transactions
- Stay current on industry, commercial, intellectual property, open source, privacy and other laws, regulations, and developments to be able to give the most effective advice.
What we're looking for:
- A JD with 8+ years of experience. Must be admitted and in good standing in any US jurisdiction
- Hands-on experience as an in-house attorney at a tech/SaaS company, or experience working for tech clients
- Significant transaction experience, negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts with a focus on technology or software related agreements. Experience negotiating enterprise contracts is a plus
- Comfort drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, such as MSAs, NDAs, SOWs and other agreements; experience negotiating channel/partner agreements is a plus!
- Experience with IP issues is a plus. This role might handle some work in the IP arena
- Ability to translate between business and technical risk and communicate clearly to business and technical partners within the organization
- Demonstrated startup initiative - ability to self-manage, find creative ways to work through barriers, actively learn necessary skills, and manage projects to completion with minimal supervision
- Proven communication and presentation skills - ability to collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders (internal teams, customers, regulators, partners, etc.) on legal and regulatory compliance issues
Our Proof Pillars:
- Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.
- Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.
- Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.
- Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!
Here are some of our great benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
- 401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date
- Unlimited Sick and Vacation time
- 14 paid company holidays
- 2 company Chillax weeks (Summer & Winter)
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment
- Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation
- Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit
- Monthly work from home stipend
- Professional development credit
- Monthly reimbursement for Wellness
- And more!
This job will be posted and accepting applications through November 21, 2025.
Proof uses Identify, our identity verification tool, to confirm that individuals engaging with Proof at any stage correspond to a real identity. It’s a quick security step that helps keep the process safe for everyone. Identify is used solely for identity verification and fraud prevention and is not used to assess employment eligibility or qualifications.
This is the expected total cash compensation range for this position. The salary offered within this range will be determined based on factors including but not limited to skills, qualifications, experience and location. The total compensation package for this role includes base pay, commissions, the benefits listed above, and equity.