Regulatory Expert (Financial Services Contractor)
Summary
AI startup focused on compliance in financial services is seeking experienced legal professionals to help shape how AI understands and applies the law. In this role, you'll review and refine how our AI agents interpret legal and regulatory text, providing the ground-truth judgment our models rely on. This is a structured, asynchronous engagement where you set your own hours, with limited meetings required. You'll work alongside a small, focused team and play a meaningful part in ensuring the technology is grounded in genuine legal expertise.
Responsibilities
Review and validate the company's interpretations of laws and regulations as applied to AI agents in banking, flagging inaccuracies and adding nuance to improve accuracy Create and evaluate mappings from legal and regulatory text into structured compliance logic, correcting them where they fail to capture legislative or regulatory intent Assess outputs produced by AI agents in legal and compliance workflows, evaluating whether the reasoning, citations, and conclusions would hold up under legal scrutiny Contribute jurisdiction-specific legal expertise to ensure interpretations reflect the laws and standards of your region (US specific)
Qualifications
Law degree with a focus on Banking, Payments, Fintech 3+ years of hands-on experience in legal practice, or a demonstrated depth of understanding in legal interpretation and analysis in a Bank, Payments provider, Fintech Strong working knowledge of relevant laws and regulations within your jurisdiction Practical familiarity with how legal reasoning is constructed, scrutinized, and defended Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail Comfort working independently and asynchronously in a structured format Current or recent practitioner status: practicing lawyers, in-house counsel, and legal academics all welcome Compensation & engagement $100-150/hour, based on specialization, seniority, and regional coverage (rate confirmed before engagement begins) Flexible hours, minimum 10 hours/week Project-based: initial engagement of 4 weeks with strong potential for ongoing work