About You and The Role

If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology, building creative regulatory strategies, and helping teams navigate complex legal landscapes, we’d love to hear from you. In this role, you’ll join a lean Legal Team and work on a variety of substantive and impactful matters that span across a number of geographies and subject areas. You’ll be at the center of a strong, friendly, passionate, and growing in-house legal function reporting to Zipline’s Deputy General Counsel.

What You'll Do

• Be the go-to legal partner at the front lines of innovation—powering product, manufacturing, and engineering teams as they tackle everything from autonomous technology to global consumer marketplaces, with a sharp focus on privacy and international risk compliance
• Chart the path where breakthrough tech meets complex regulation, spotting trends before they land and turning potential roadblocks into opportunities through thoughtful and strategic implementation
• Shape the company’s future by building and scaling compliance programs, internal controls, and trainings that keep global privacy, international risk, and supply chain operations running smoothly
• Play a hands-on role in opening new markets, guiding teams through national, state, and local regulations to unlock growth in the U.S. and worldwide
• Craft and refine the legal backbone of our privacy program—drafting and negotiating data processing agreements, assessments, standard contractual clauses, and internal playbooks that keep us both fast-moving and compliant
• And as you grow with us, widen your scope to take on a broad range of legal challenges, from data security and healthcare compliance to consumer protection, e-commerce, advertising, trade, sanctions, export control, and beyond

What You'll Bring

• JD Degree required
• Member in good standing of at least one state bar
• 4+ years of relevant legal experience at a reputable law firm and/or in-house
• Willing to get in the weeds and dive headfirst into whatever pressing issue or challenge is facing the business, regardless of familiarity or interest
• Adept at breaking complex, fuzzy, or sprawling legal questions into discrete components and distinguishing between high- and low-priority issues
• Effectiveness in translating legal rules and regulations into clear, practical, and actionable advice that business teams can understand and implement, with an ability to “show your work” and dig deeply into critical legal questions when needed
• Comfortable interpreting and applying regulatory guidance in the absence of precedent
• Confidence to make independent judgment calls with conviction–and the instincts to recognize when issues require escalation or input from others
• Able to manage effectively to deadlines, even with competing priorities
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Must be eligible to work in the United States

Bonus Points:

• Substantive experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Privacy and data protection
  • Information security and cybersecurity
  • Advertising and marketing law
  • Healthcare compliance and regulation
  • Food safety regulatory frameworks
  • Intellectual property protection
  • International trade law
  • Sanctions compliance (e.g., OFAC)
  • Export controls (e.g., EAR)
  • Anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance

What Else You Need to Know

This role is based out of our South San Francisco HQ.

The starting cash range for this role is $170,000 - $200,000. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, working location, and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include: equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical, dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.