Product Counsel
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 25, 2026.
Join Grindr, the leading social networking app for the LGBTQ+ community. As a Product Counsel, you will be a strategic legal partner to our product, engineering, design, and trust and safety teams. You will help shape product strategy and design from the beginning, identifying issues early and translating complex legal requirements into clear product choices. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of law, technology, and social impact.
Missions
- Serve as the primary day-to-day legal partner to Grindr’s Product Development teams across the full product lifecycle.
- Advise on innovative, AI-enabled product features and experiences, helping product teams develop clear, user-centered approaches to disclosure, consent, education, and choice.
- Build and maintain scalable legal tools, playbooks, review processes, and decision frameworks that bring Legal into the right conversations early without slowing the organization down.
Profil recherché
- At least 8 years of experience, including significant in-house experience, providing product counseling to dynamic consumer internet businesses, with a demonstrated track record of excellence and professional advancement- Strong cross-functional instincts and the credibility to partner effectively with product leaders, engineers, designers, and executives
- Demonstrated ability to create clarity and scalable process in fast-moving, ambiguous environments - you know how to keep the organization moving without sacrificing rigor
- J.D. from an accredited law school, a strong academic record, and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Exceptional legal judgment and the ability to turn difficult, unsettled legal questions into practical recommendations that product and business leaders can act on with confidence
- Enjoy being close to the product and want to help build, not just review, what Grindr ships to millions of users
- Are energized by hard questions at the intersection of AI, sensitive data, user trust, safety, and consumer technology. You get more curious when the law is unsettled
- Are AI-native or rapidly becoming so. You actively use AI tools in your workflow and are always looking for new ways to leverage them
- Embrace risk, default toward yes, you find the path that makes something work, and reserve no for when it genuinely matters
- You May Thrive in this Role if You:
- Care about building technology that serves GBTQ+ people globally, with an appreciation for the particular safety, privacy, and cultural considerations that come with that responsibility
- Have succeeded in a high-growth, startup-like environment where priorities shift, facts are incomplete, and thoughtful action matters more than perfect process
- Build trust by understanding the product, the user experience, and the business objective, not just the legal doctrine
- Hold a high bar for rigor while being pragmatic, creative, and solutions-oriented