# Senior Counsel, Risk at Brex

- Company: Brex
- What the company does: Simplify expense management with Brex's finance platform. From company cards to banking, Brex helps you drive growth, automate processes, & earn more. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator and IVP.
- Company website: https://brex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $270K to $335K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://www.brex.com/careers/8834121002?gh_jid=8834121002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/brex-senior-counsel-risk/

## About the role

As Risk Counsel, you will own the legal response to the moments that matter most: disputes, incidents, collections, and regulatory inquiries. You will be the connective tissue between Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and our product teams when things go wrong, and you will drive them to resolution. Specifically, you will:

## What they're looking for

- Juris Doctor (JD) and active bar membership in good standing of at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Experience owning pre-litigation disputes end to end, including demand letters, early case assessment, and deciding when to bring in outside counsel
- Working knowledge of the regulatory landscape applicable to fintech, such as state money transmission, UDAAP, Reg E and Reg Z, BSA/AML, and bank partnership models
- Demonstrated ability to run a high-volume, high-stakes docket independently, with excellent judgment on what to resolve, what to escalate, and what to fight
- Strong drafting instincts for customer-facing and regulator-facing communications, where precision and tone both matter
- A calm, structured approach under pressure and a bias toward action and clear ownership

Tags: Legal