General Counsel

We're Karat, the leader in technical interviewing and pioneer of the Interviewing Cloud

Karat’s purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we built the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, and create more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat’s Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We’re a team of passionate, focused, human-centric team, and we want you to join us!

Come join our Legal team

Our Legal team is dedicated to supporting Karat’s people, solving complex problems with both a business and a legal mindset, and serving as a strategic partner across every function in our dynamic organization. We embrace innovation, creative thinking, and teamwork in our mission to empower Karat’s successes.

What you will do

As our General Counsel, you will join Karat’s existing Legal department as its fourth member. You will serve as a member of Karat’s executive team and work to integrate the Legal department across the company and provide all levels of the organization with premier support and counsel. You will be crucial to supporting the growth of our business, and you will have responsibilities and opportunities to contribute across many aspects of the business given Karat’s growth trajectory.

Negotiate enterprise customer agreements to support Karat's sales cycles and capacity.

Develop legal templates, workflows, processes, policies and playbooks to help optimize contracting efficiency and help Karat grow and scale

Strategize and counsel on the risks and opportunities of proposed actions and activities and devise practical solutions to meet cross-organizational business objectives.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams on key issues, understanding broader needs and objectives with the goal of delivering pragmatic, business-minded advice.

Champion Karat’s mission to provide an efficient, effective and equitable interview experience

The experience you will bring

J.D. degree from an accredited law school

Bar admission in current good standing, with a license to practice in at least one U.S. state

10+ years of legal experience, of which a significant portion was developed as a leader within an in-house legal team (preferably in B2B2C, B2B SaaS, or another technology-focused industry) managing multiple direct reports.

Demonstrated fluency in executive leadership, with the understanding of when to elevate issues and when to accommodate the business with flexibility.

Ability to communicate clearly to a variety of audiences (including non-legal business partners and executives) your viewpoint and the significance of why certain issues matter for the business.

Excellent business judgment and ability to balance risk-reward in a manner to provide pragmatic, solution-oriented advice that does not compromise core legal protections

Proven interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive difficult matters towards a positive outcome quickly, collaboratively, and with effective communication with all stakeholders

Growth mindset to pivot to meet evolving needs and priorities and to lead long-term improvements of Karat’s organizational and corporate structure, processes, policies, and relationships to improve efficiency and deliver beneficial results for all stakeholders

This is a full time, salaried position. Immigration sponsorship is not available.

Karat is a remote company with employees throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For this position, we are only considering individuals based in the United States.

Benefits of joining Karat

Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond. We’re proud of our current offerings, and highlight some of our team’s favorites below. There are more, just feel free to ask!

Compensation / Time Off:

Highly competitive salary and stock options

401(k) with company match

Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)

Flexible Time Off Policy for salaried positions

Three weeks accrued per year for hourly positions

Global Parental Leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)

20 paid Company Holidays for 2022

Benefits / Wellness:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance via Cigna or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)

100% premium covered for employees

70% premium covered for dependents

FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance

Mental Wellness offerings such as Calm, Happify, Talkspace, Modern Health, and more

$150 per month contribution to miscellaneous benefit/wellness of employee’s choice