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# Assistant General Counsel at Atomic Invest

- **Company:** Atomic Invest
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/atomic-invest/9cd8b624-c35f-4dbc-a7df-ffb2e34c9279

## Job description

Assistant General Counsel

## About Atomic Vest

We are a fast-growing, mission-driven company powering the expansion of financial services and wealth creation globally. We build critical financial infrastructure that allows consumer-facing companies to offer engaging investing experiences to their customers in a frictionless way. We host advanced investing capabilities ranging from ESG investing to multi-currency trading across 60 global markets. We are a team of financial empowerment enthusiasts that have come together from various industries including tech, banking, finance, and law. The company has raised $55M in funding and is positioned to rapidly scale. Come join an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact!

## About the role

We're looking for an Assistant General Counsel to join Atomic's legal team and serve as a key partner to the General Counsel. You'll combine substantive legal analysis on cutting-edge fintech issues,; negotiating commercial contracts, managing disputes, and providing legal advice to the risk committee — with hands-on involvement in legal operations, including maintaining and improving our contract and vendor management database. This role is about building depth and resilience in a legal department that today relies on a single senior attorney. You'll handle some of the legal work that keeps the business moving while being mentored by the General Counsel to assume increasingly more varied and interesting responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to further develop as a well-rounded in-house lawyer with exposure to commercial transactions, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, legal operations, cross-border transactions, disputes, privacy and corporate governance.

Atomic is a remote-first company; candidates based in the US are required, with New York metro or San Francisco Bay Area a plus.

## Key Responsibilities

Business Support

- Serve as a legal point of contact for the internal teams, fielding requests and providing timely guidance
- Assist with regulatory projects and special initiatives as directed by the General Counsel, including international regulatory filings, mergers and acquisitions and applications for new permissions and activities
- Coordinate document preparation for regulatory submissions: notarization, apostille, assembly of exhibits, and formatting for filing requirements
- Provide backup to the General Counsel across all legal functions, ensuring continuity and coverage

Commercial Contracts

- Negotiate and review commercial contracts with partners, including master agreements and order forms
- Manage routine contract negotiations end-to-end, escalating non-standard terms or high-risk issues to the General Counsel
- Review new contracts against a standardized checklist covering payment terms, exit clauses, reserve provisions and enforcement mechanisms, flagging deviations for legal review
- Track and document modifications to standard contract terms, ensuring visibility to affected teams across Atomic

Disputes & Litigation Management

- Handle day-to-day dispute management, including demand letters, and pre-litigation matters
- Manage lower-complexity employment matters, coordinating with outside counsel when needed
- Track and respond to litigation deadlines, discovery requests, and regulatory inquiries
- Prepare legal analyses for the risk committee on matters requiring legal review

Legal Operations & Contract Database

- Maintain, improve, and expand the vendor and contract management database (Ivo platform), including partner agreements, order forms, and compliance records
- Develop automated reports on auto-renewal dates, termination windows, and other key contract metrics
- Partner with Compliance to align vendor due diligence workflows with the contract database
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase the efficiency of the legal function

## Qualifications

- J.D. from an accredited law school
- 5 to 7 +years of experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, or mix of both ;
- Substantive knowledge and prior experience in one or more of the following: fintech, brokerage, investment advisory, banking, payments, crypto or financial services Experience in at least two (or more) of the following areas: commercial contracts, broker-dealer or investment advisor regulation, legal operations, mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions, litigation/disputes, privacy, employment and corporate governance
- Familiarity with of contract and vendor management databases and CLM programs,Comfortable working independently and exercising sound judgment on when to escalate
- Ability to manage multiple matters and workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills for working cross-functionally with non-legal stakeholders
- Highly organized with the ability to develop and maintain standardized processes and checklists

## Nice to Have

- Prior in-house experience, especially in fintech, brokerage, crypto, payments, banking, or financial services
- Familiarity with international regulatory filings and cross-border compliance requirements
- Knowledge of broker-dealer, RIA, or investment company regulatory frameworks
- Tech savvy with proficiency in the use of spreadsheets, powerpoints, data analytics, and AI to leverage productivity

## About Atomic Invest

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atomic Invest provides a white-label "investing-as-a-service" platform that enables fintechs, banks, and consumer-facing companies to integrate brokerage, wealth management, and cash management products into their own offerings via APIs and pre-built experiences.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; $55.5M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: David Dindi (CEO), Marco Alban-Hidalgo (CTO), Emma Marriott (Co-Founder, Engineering)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services / Fintech Infrastructure / Wealth Management
- **Target customers**: B2B — specifically fintechs (consumer and B2B), banks/financial institutions, and other consumer-facing companies seeking to embed investing and savings products.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To make wealth-building accessible to every single human being." [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Brokerage**: Full brokerage infrastructure offering access to fractional stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investments (U.S. and international markets). [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Wealth Management**: Automated capabilities including custom indexing and bond laddering. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Cash Management**: Access to high-yield instruments such as FDIC-insured cash sweeps, money market funds, and U.S. Treasury bills. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Pre-built Experiences**: Ready-made UI components to accelerate time-to-market for partner clients. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Back-Office Dashboard**: A complete operations dashboard for managing customer accounts. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Developer-first APIs**: APIs designed for easy integration into partner platforms. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$55.5M** (including a $25M Series A led by Anthemis and QED Investors in 2021, and subsequent venture rounds led by Brewer Lane Ventures, Aquiline Capital Partners, and Erie Strategic Ventures through 2025). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/atomic)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator, QED Investors, Anthemis, Brewer Lane Ventures, Aquiline Capital Partners, Erie Strategic Ventures, Nationwide Ventures, Appia Ventures, Lightspeed, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India & SEA), and PayPal (via Aspire partnership). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/atomic)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Expanded to Europe in early 2026 via the acquisition of Groene Hart Financiële Diensten. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
    - Announced a high-profile partnership with **Aspire** (backed by Peak XV/Sequoia) in April 2026 to power treasury management for Aspire's 50,000+ business customers. [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aspire-and-atomic-partner-to-launch-high-yield-treasury-management-platform-for-startups-302748612.html)
    - Headcount grew 15% YoY to 44 employees. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
    - SOC-2 Type II certified, SEC-licensed (RIA), and FINRA-registered broker-dealer. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Regulatory Moat**: Holds SEC, FINRA, and SIPC licenses/registrations, acting as the regulated partner so clients avoid becoming regulated themselves. Custody of assets is held at BNY Pershing (Bank of New York Mellon), the world's largest custodian bank. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **End-to-End Platform**: Provides the full stack—from regulatory compliance and custody to pre-built UI and back-office operations—reducing legal and operational friction for partners. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
- **Multi-Product Offering**: Combines brokerage, wealth management, and cash management in a single API, allowing clients to offer a comprehensive financial suite without multiple vendors.
- **Strong Partner Ecosystem**: Y Combinator alumni with backing from top-tier fintech VCs (QED, Anthemis) and strategic partnerships with major platforms like Aspire.

## Strategic Focus
- **European Expansion**: Following the acquisition of Groene Hart Financiële Diensten, Atomic is actively building out its presence and team in the EU. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
- **Partnership Growth**: Deepening integrations with major fintech platforms (e.g., Aspire, Bolt) to embed treasury and wealth solutions into existing financial operating systems. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
- **Product Breadth**: Continuing to expand the range of investment products (alternatives, international markets) and automated wealth management tools. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Fintech**: Opportunity to work on critical financial infrastructure that aims to democratize wealth-building globally.
- **Strong Engineering Culture**: The company is engineering-heavy (13 of 44 employees are in technical roles) and uses a modern, developer-first approach. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
- **Global & Remote-Friendly Team**: Employees are distributed across 12 countries (US, Argentina, India, Spain, UK, Germany, Canada, etc.), suggesting a remote or hybrid-friendly culture. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
- **High-Impact Role**: Small team (44 people) with ambitious goals and major partnerships (Aspire, Bolt) means individual contributors have significant ownership and impact.
- **Notable Perks & Environment**: Backed by Y Combinator and top fintech VCs; SOC-2 compliant with a strong emphasis on security and compliance. Active job postings include a Director of Business Development (EU) and a Backend Software Engineer. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/atomic-invest)

## Sources
1. [atomicvest.com](https://www.atomicvest.com/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomicvest)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/atomic)
4. [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aspire-and-atomic-partner-to-launch-high-yield-treasury-management-platform-for-startups-302748612.html)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/atomic-invest)

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