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title: 'Employment Attorney at Distro'
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# Employment Attorney at Distro

- **Company:** Distro
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ
- **Compensation:** $100k–$200k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/distro/1ab179b8-7699-43bd-93de-95aa0bad51a9

## Job description

Job Summary Are you a proactive, growth-oriented attorney with a passion for advocating on behalf of employees and protecting workplace rights? We are seeking a Senior Employment Attorney to join an expanding legal practice focused on representing employees in matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. This is an exciting opportunity to help establish and grow a presence in the Phoenix market while building a long-term career within a nationally recognized and rapidly growing law firm environment.

## Key Responsibilities

- Support case evaluations, legal strategy development, and legal research.
- Draft and manage complaints, discovery requests, motions, briefs, and legal correspondence.
- Participate in depositions, mediations, and settlement conferences.
- Work directly with clients to understand their experiences, objectives, and legal concerns.
- Assist in preparing cases for hearings, settlement negotiations, and trial.
- Collaborate closely with attorneys, paralegals, and intake professionals.
- Develop legal strategies aimed at achieving favorable outcomes for clients.
- Perform additional duties that contribute to successful case management and client representation.

## Qualifications

Required

1. Active license to practice law in Arizona.
2. Minimum of 5 years of legal experience, preferably in litigation or employment law.
3. Exceptional legal writing, research, and analytical skills.
4. Strong interpersonal and client communication abilities.
5. Ability to manage multiple cases and priorities effectively.
6. Organized, adaptable, and committed to professional growth.

## Preferred

- Prior experience in employment law.
- Experience representing employees in workplace-related disputes.
- Passion for advancing workplace justice and protecting employee rights.

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## About Distro

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Distro provides an AI-powered global hiring platform that automates candidate screening, outreach, scheduling, and payroll compliance for remote-first companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Acquired by Vensure Employer Services)
- **Headquarters**: Lehi, Utah, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Chad Ingram (CEO), Andrew Mackay (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Recruitment / Talent Acquisition Technology
- **Target customers**: B2B – seed-stage startups to enterprise teams, focused on remote-first and globally distributed companies
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Hiring should feel human. Not heavy.”

## Products & Services
- **AI Recruiting Assistant**: Automates resume screening, scoring, and candidate ranking based on job criteria; handles outreach and scheduling end-to-end.
- **AI Scheduling Assistant**: Automates interview scheduling, reducing one of the biggest administrative burdens in recruiting.
- **Global Hiring Marketplace**: Matches companies with top technical talent across 200+ countries, including payroll and compliance support in 90+ EOR (Employer of Record) countries.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $2M ARR reached within 8 months of MVP (reported as a milestone); current total funding not publicly available
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Acquired by Vensure Employer Services (January 2026); serves companies from seed-stage to enterprise
- **Growth Signals**: 26.3% headcount growth YoY (19 employees as of mid-2026), 222% LinkedIn follower growth YoY, 4900% increase in job postings YoY (100 active positions), SOC 2 Type I certified, 1–3 days to shortlist

## Competitive Advantages
- AI-first screening reduces recruiter workload by surfacing only the top 3–5 candidates
- Global reach (200+ countries, 90+ EOR countries) with full compliance handling
- Skills-based screening (not pedigree) – appeals to a broader, more diverse talent pool
- Fast time-to-shortlist (1–3 days) and automated scheduling reduce time-to-hire by 1–2 weeks

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding AI capabilities in recruiting (e.g., AI Scheduling Assistant)
- Deepen integration with Vensure Employer Services to scale global payroll and compliance
- Grow the marketplace by attracting more technical talent and enterprise clients
- Maintain SOC 2 compliance and enterprise-grade security standards

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: AI-first, mission-driven (“make hiring human”), global team spanning 8 countries, emphasis on fair and skills-based screening
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Some roles are on-site (Lehi, UT; Chandler, AZ) while the company supports remote employees across multiple countries; hybrid/remote likely role-dependent
- **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Fast-paced startup environment with recent acquisition support; employees work on cutting-edge AI recruiting tools; dedicated account managers for candidates and a focus on long-term roles

## Sources
1. [distro.io](https://distro.io/)
2. [distro.io/about-us](https://distro.io/about-us)
3. [distro.io/press](https://distro.io/press)
4. [linkedin.com/company/distroio](https://www.linkedin.com/company/distroio)
5. [jobs.lever.co/distro](https://jobs.lever.co/distro)

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