Legal Counsel

At Shakepay, we’re on a mission to usher in the Bitcoin golden age. We’re reimagining financial services to give every Canadian their fair shake.

Our culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. If you're the kind of person who values growth, shipping fast, and sharing your ideas openly with a group of like-minded people, come and build with us!

About Shakepay

Since 2015, we’ve been building the Shakepay app to make buying and earning bitcoin fast, easy, and secure. In 2022, we launched the Shakepay Card, allowing shakers to earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. Today, more than one million Canadians use Shakepay to grow their bitcoin savings and take control of their financial future.

We’re regulated across all Canadian provinces and territories, and backed by renowned venture capitalists with a funding of $44M. We have a passionate, loyal, and growing community, and we’re looking for people who want to help us build something truly special.

We understand that joining a team is one of the most important decisions you make , and adding a team member is one of the most important decisions we’ll make. Through our process, we want you to get to know us and understand how you approach problems, learn, and what motivates you.

Legal Counsel

We’re looking for a curious, business-minded Legal Counsel who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and grow fast. You’ll be part of a small, highly collaborative legal team that works hand-in-hand with every part of the company - from product and operations to compliance and leadership.

This is a chance to practice law on the frontier of fintech and crypto, helping shape the legal frameworks for technologies transforming money itself. You’ll advise on complex, novel issues and see your work directly influence how millions of Canadians interact with bitcoin.

What you’ll do

• Partner with teams across Shakepay to provide practical, actionable legal advice that helps the business move fast while staying compliant.
• Review, draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Monitor and interpret evolving regulations in financial services, privacy and crypto — and turn them into opportunity.
• Collaborate on new products and features, identifying legal risks early and crafting creative, business-oriented solutions.
• Build scalable processes to make legal work more efficient and impactful.
• Work closely with regulators and external counsel when needed.
• Grow fast, with mentorship from senior leadership and exposure to a wide variety of legal and strategic challenges.

What you bring

• LL.B. or J.D. and active membership in a Canadian provincial bar.
• 4+ years of legal experience (law firm or in-house).
• Strong commercial and corporate law foundation, especially in contracts and negotiations.
• Excellent judgment, communication and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, adaptable and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Genuine curiosity about fintech, crypto and technology’s impact on financial services.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, crypto, or financial services.
• Experience in fast-growing or startup environments.
• Fluency in French.

Why join us?

• Help shape the future of money: Be part of a team that's revolutionizing financial services in Canada, one sat at a time.
• Impact millions: As cryptocurrency continues to gain traction, our potential for growth is massive. You can help us bring Shakepay and Bitcoin to all Canadians.
• Grow your career: We’re growing, and so can you! We have programs in place to encourage continuous learning, growth, and development.
• Ideas, not titles: We want the best ideas to make their way through, no matter where they come from.

Perks and benefits

• 🤝 Be an owner - Every employee has stock options as part of their total compensation
• 🥅 Reach your goals - Yearly salary assessments
• 🦷 Health & wellness : Access to comprehensive health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts.
• 🌎 Remote-friendly: Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our office spaces in Montreal and Toronto.
• 🆙 Level Up: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth.
• 🌴 Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus.
• 🐣 Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks.
• 🙌 Have fun together: quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite to connect with each other

The base salary range for this position is $130,000 - $180,000 CAD. Base pay may vary based on factors such as years of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, employees are eligible for equity, pay increases based on performance, benefits including health and dental care, and paid time off.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Shakepay does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application or email [email protected]

Fluency in English is required due to the percentage of English-speaking customers and the nature of our platform, which is available to all Canadians.

We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support certain parts of our hiring process. This can include tools that assist with scheduling, application review, candidate communications, and generating interview notes, guides, or summaries so our team can stay focused on the conversation. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team.