Senior Legal Counsel

Build a better way to borrow

Fig is a Canadian fintech making personal lending simpler, faster, and more accessible for Canadians. We offer fully digital personal loans, helping customers apply in minutes and receive decisions quickly, without paperwork, branch visits, or long delays.

Since launching in 2023, we’ve grown quickly and earned recognition including Consumer Lender of the Year and FinTech Startup of the Year . We’re proud to be consistently ranked among Canada’s Best Workplaces, with a 4.8/5 Trustpilot rating from our customers.

Supported by Fairstone Bank of Canada and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, we combine deep lending expertise with the agility of a startup.

About the role

Fig is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to support our next stage of growth. Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be a hands‑on legal advisor to teams across Fig on commercial, privacy, product, operational, and regulatory matters.

This role is ideal for a lawyer who understands the complexity of financial services, wants to work close to the business, and enjoys doing the work directly.

You may be negotiating a key vendor agreement one day and advising on a product launch, privacy question, consumer‑facing process, or responsible use of AI the next. The pace is fast, priorities can shift quickly, and the work requires judgment, ownership, and comfort making decisions with imperfect information.

What you’ll do

• Act as a trusted legal advisor to teams across Fig on commercial, product, privacy, consumer, technology, marketing, and operational matters.

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, vendor and service provider agreements, NDAs, partnership agreements, and other business‑critical contracts.

• Provide practical legal advice on product and business initiatives, including issues relating to consumer lending, privacy, disclosures, customer communications, vendor management, and digital financial services.

• Advise on privacy and data matters, including data use, consent, retention, vendor arrangements, and privacy‑by‑design considerations.

• Advise on the responsible use of AI and emerging technologies across the business, including legal, privacy, governance, and risk considerations.

• Develop and improve contract templates, playbooks, policies, and practical guidance that help the business operate and scale efficiently and consistently.

You’ll succeed here if you have

• 5 to 8 years of legal experience, ideally with exposure to financial services, fintech, banking, lending, payments, insurance, consumer finance, technology, or another regulated industry.

• Strong commercial contracting experience, including the ability to draft, review, negotiate, and close agreements with good judgment and limited hand‑holding.

• Comfort working with regulated products or services, including the ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into clear and business‑oriented guidance.

• Experience with privacy, data, technology, vendor, or consumer‑facing legal issues.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to give clear and practical advice to both legal and non‑legal stakeholders.

• A collaborative mindset and the ability to build trust across functions while maintaining independent legal judgment.

• Comfort operating in a fast‑paced environment with limited structure, shifting priorities. You take ownership, make sound decisions, and have a shared sense of purpose to “Get Stuff Done” (#GSD).

• Full professional proficiency in French and English, both written and spoken. This helps you collaborate with stakeholders and regulators based in Quebec and across Canada.

• Member in good standing of a provincial bar in Canada or of the Chambre des notaires du Québec.

Why Fig?

• Impact and autonomy: Fig is still small enough that your legal advice will directly shape business decisions. You will have room to own files, make recommendations, and take responsibility for your judgment, while working closely with the General Counsel and business leaders.

• Strong culture: Work in a team that values impact, accountability, curiosity, and collaboration.

• Flexibility and balance: This role requires ownership and responsiveness, but we are intentional about building a culture where strong performance and work‑life balance can coexist. We offer a hybrid work environment with a balance of remote and in‑office work.

• Competitive compensation: Expected base salary range between $120,000 and $160,000, plus the opportunity to earn an annual incentive bonus tied to performance.

• Retirement savings program: Employer matching to support your long‑term financial goals.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, and vision group insurance, as well as health and wellness spending accounts.

• Time off: Generous vacation and wellness time to support rest and recharge.

• Parental support: Parental leave top‑up to support your growing family.

• Growth and development: Continuing education stipend to support your professional development.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Fig is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

We’re focused on creating an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to bring their full selves to work. We also provide accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you need support, just let us know.