[Remote] Employment, Counsel

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is hiring an Employment Counsel to provide day-to-day employment law counseling and compliance support across its global workforce. The role advises on people relations, international employment matters, agreements, HR compliance, AI tool deployments, and employment litigation.


Responsibilities

  • Own a people relations counseling portfolio, providing first-line legal support on performance management, disciplinary processes, accommodations, policy questions, and exits across the full company
  • Advise on international employment matters across our 20+ country footprint, partnering with outside local counsel and HR on cross-border questions, country expansions, and EMEA and APAC employee issues
  • Support employment agreement workflows, including offer letter review, standard separation agreements, transfer letters, and relocation agreements, working from established templates and escalating complex matters
  • Drive tactical compliance support for the People team's deployment of AI tools in recruiting and HR, reviewing specific tool deployments against Coinbase's AI employment law compliance framework, advising on bias audit obligations, and drafting required notices and disclosures
  • Partner with the People team on HR compliance matters, including EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP obligations, and pay equity compliance, contributing to the team's global compliance program as it expands in scope
  • Support employment litigation and administrative proceedings, including drafting EEOC position statements, coordinating with outside counsel, managing litigation holds, and assisting with discovery on active matters
  • Track employment law developments and turn them into practical guidance for HR partners

Skills

  • J.D. with active U.S. state bar membership and 5+ years of employment law experience, including meaningful in-house experience advising HR business partners on the full range of employment matters
  • Strong U.S. advice-and-counsel experience across performance management, terminations, accommodations and leaves
  • Hands-on experience with employment litigation and administrative charges, including position statements, discovery, litigation holds and outside counsel coordination
  • Working knowledge of U.S. HR compliance requirements (EEO-1 reporting, OFCCP, pay equity) and demonstrated engagement with the emerging AI and employment law regulatory landscape
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
  • Experience with hourly or customer experience populations is a plus
  • Experience counseling on international employment matters is a plus

Benefits

  • Equity eligibility
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Remote-first work arrangement
  • Quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges”

Company Overview

  • Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It is a sub-organization of Coinbase. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 118 in 2026, 181 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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