Legal Counsel

About Us

Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights.

• Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Booking.com, Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more
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We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day.

About the Role

Riskified's Legal team is looking for a Tel Aviv based Legal Counsel to join the team. In this role, you will be responsible for handling a variety of legal issues, focusing on  employment and litigation, with opportunities in many other areas, such as commercial, privacy, AI regulatory, and others, , supporting all of Riskified’s locations globally.

This is a hands-on role, combining strategic advice with day-to-day operational work. This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful public tech company and assist management in taking risk-based decisions. Our company is seeking a candidate who is highly motivated, focused on making a significant impact on the business, and who can succeed in a cross-functional environment.

What You'll Be Doing

Provide advice and strategic support to the HR team on a range of employment law issues across multiple jurisdictions, including those relating to recruiting, terminations, performance management, compensation and benefits, accommodations, leaves of absence, diversity programs, employee classification, immigration and other employment-related matters

Assist with developing best practice processes and playbooks and manage templates’ updates to maintain compliance with employment laws and regulations

Support Go To Market needs, including everything related to growth and legal advice on employment in different sites

Support cross-organizational projects pertinent to employment

Assist in employment-privacy interactions and commercial agreements with vendors supporting our HR team

Lead  litigation and pre-litigation matters

Qualifications

Law Degree Required

Licensed to practice in Israel

2-5 years of relevant experience with a focus on employment law, including the laws of Israel, the United States, EMEA, LATAM and APAC.

Practical mindset towards protecting the company from risks while enabling fast-paced growth and innovation

Hands-on approach, with a willingness to take on both high-level and day-to-day operational work

Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively

English speaker with superb written and verbal communication skills

Prior in-house experience at a global tech company is preferred

International experience is a plus

Life at Riskified

We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking. We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.

• Our Tel-Aviv team is currently working in a hybrid of remote and in-office work.
• We have recently moved to our new space in Tel Aviv - check it out here
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Some of our Tel Aviv Benefits & Perks

• Equity for all employees,
• Keren Hishtalmut, pension

Private medical insurance, e

xtra time off for parents and caregivers

Commuter and parking benefits

Team events, fully-stocked kitchen,lunch stipend, happy hours, y

oga, pilates, functional training, basketball, soccer

Wide-ranging opportunities to volunteer and make an impact

Commitment to your professional development with global onboarding, s kills-based courses, lunch & learns

Awesome Riskified gifts and swag!

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Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.