--- title: 'Vice President, Legal at Setpoint' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/vice-president-legal-setpoint-new-york-j56peph9vxj6' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Vice President, Legal at Setpoint - **Company:** Setpoint - **Location:** New York, NY - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-07-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/setpoint/jobs/5184552007 ## Job description Vice President, Legal New York, NY (Hybrid, Tues/Thurs) | Full-Time ## About the role Behind many of life’s biggest financial decisions such as buying a car, securing a mortgage, or financing a business, is a complex network of credit relationships. Setpoint is building the infrastructure that powers these relationships, enabling the world’s largest banks, credit funds, asset managers, and capital markets counterparties to operate with trust and efficiency. Setpoint is looking for a Vice President, Legal to join our team! We’re hiring for a strategic legal leader who will help shape the future of Setpoint’s legal function as we continue to scale our capital markets technology platform. This person will partner closely with our executive team, sales organization, and capital solutions team to provide thoughtful legal guidance, structure complex transactions, and help enable the business while managing risk. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across capital markets, structured finance, and technology transactions, with the ability to operate as both a trusted legal advisor and a commercial partner. You’ll play a critical role in supporting Setpoint’s growth by building scalable legal processes, negotiating complex agreements, and helping our customers and partners confidently navigate the evolving credit ecosystem. Who will love this job - A capital markets and technology enthusiast – you are excited about combining your past experience working on capital markets and finance transactions with cutting-edge technology - A negotiator and problem solver – you make decisions and provide practical guidance based on not only your legal background but also reasoning that aligns with the company’s commercial interests - A great communicator – you possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail without oversight - A multi-tasker with strong organizational skills – you can manage multiple priorities and set frameworks for how to execute them effectively within their deadlines ## What you’ll do - Work closely with the General Counsel, Head of Sales and SVP of Growth to oversee all legal aspects of customer documentation and capital markets technology products - Draft and negotiate SaaS and other customer agreements - Review and negotiate documentation in connection with our technology platform services and our Capital Solutions team - Keep up to speed with industry trends and legal and regulatory market changes You should have - 12+ years of experience drafting and negotiating a variety of capital markets and finance agreements and related documentation, including asset backed facilities. - Fintech experience is a plus. - Ability to prioritize appropriately, and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment - JD degree from a top tier law school, admission to the New York bar in good standing - Flexible, positive, and team oriented approach to work ## About Setpoint Setpoint provides purpose-built capital and technology to asset-backed borrowers and lenders. Our platform is the funding operating system for originators: it verifies and stores documents, automates critical calculations and compliance reporting, and digitizes assets like homes or cars. Setpoint's technology makes warehouse transactions instant and error-free. In August 2024, Setpoint closed a $31 million Series B led by 645 Ventures, with strategic investments from Citi and Wells Fargo, alongside Andreessen Horowitz, NextView Ventures, Henry Kravis, Zillow founder's 75 & Sunny, and others. ## Compensation Compensation includes a target OTE range of $250,000 - $325,000 consisting of base salary and a performance-based bonus. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including the candidate's location, skills, experience, and market considerations. Additionally, equity is a component of the overall compensation package, providing employees with the opportunity to share in the long-term success and growth of the company. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), short- and long-term disability coverage, and flexible vacation. We have offices in Austin, TX, New York City, NY, and Salt Lake City, UT, with hybrid roles based in these locations and an expectation of two days per week in office (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Setpoint provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. ## About Setpoint ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Setpoint builds the capital markets operating system that powers asset-backed lending, enabling banks, credit funds, and originators to manage debt facilities, securitizations, and funding operations with speed and accuracy. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B; last round raised in August 2024) - **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States (also offices in New York, NY and Salt Lake City, UT) - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Stuart Wall (CEO), Ben Rubenstein (President), Michael Lam (CIO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Capital markets technology / Fintech / Asset-backed lending infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B – institutional lenders, private credit funds, asset managers, originators (banks, fintech lenders, and securitization platforms) - **Mission**: “Make capital efficient and error-free” and “build trust in our system of credit.” Setpoint aims to eliminate manual, error-prone funding operations by providing a single operating system for debt facility management. ## Products & Services - **Capital Markets OS (Debt Capital)**: A platform that centralizes borrower activity, automates investor reporting, manages asset & collateral workflows, and enables real-time forecasting for warehouse facilities, forward flow, leverage and fund finance, and securitization management. - **Equity Capital Tools**: Asset modeling software to underwrite new loans, project IRR/MOIC, and manage credit lines. - **Verification & Diligence Services**: Through acquired companies (Resolute Diligence Solutions and inTENT Fulfillment), Setpoint provides rating agency–approved loan diligence and verification services to prevent double pledging. - **Data OS & Insight OS**: Modules that standardize borrower data, reconcile calculations, track loan-level data, and provide real-time analytics. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (conflicting reports – no public valuation found) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – **$79.5M** raised across Seed ($5.5M in July 2021), Series A ($43M in December 2022, led by Andreessen Horowitz), and Series B ($31M in August 2024). Annual revenue: **$3.1M** (estimated, LinkedIn). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (led Series A), along with 10+ other investors; strategic partners include large banks, credit funds, and capital markets counterparties. - **Growth Signals**: - Over **$50B in financed assets** powered by Setpoint’s technology annually. - **111 employees** (+37% YoY growth); headcount increased by 40+ in the past year. - Acquired **Resolute Diligence Solutions** (2023) and **inTENT Fulfillment** (2026) to expand diligence and verification capabilities. - Launched industry standard to prevent double pledging after major industry collapses (2025). - **14 active job openings** across engineering, capital solutions, sales, finance, and legal. ## Competitive Advantages - **Comprehensive OS**: A single platform covering the full capital markets lifecycle – from origination and asset modeling to warehouse facilities, securitization, and investor reporting. - **White-glove onboarding**: Setup with zero lift from the customer’s team, enabling reduced funding times and seamless transitions mid-transaction. - **Capital Solutions team**: In-house expertise that helps clients focus on growth, effectively acting as a “profit multiplier.” - **First-mover in verification standards**: Post-2025 industry standard to stop double pledging, giving Setpoint a strong compliance and risk-management moat. - **Rating agency–approved diligence**: Through acquisitions, Setpoint offers approved loan diligence that is critical for securitization markets. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding verification & diligence**: The acquisition of inTENT Fulfillment (announced January 2026) adds rating agency–approved loan diligence capabilities. - **Deepening institutional trust**: Continued investment in preventing double pledging and building industry standards for asset-backed finance. - **Scaling the platform**: Growing the Capital Markets OS across more asset classes (auto, housing, student loans, etc.) and onboarding larger institutional lenders. - **Product innovation**: Launching Data OS and Insight OS modules for real-time analytics and portfolio forecasting. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Entrepreneurial, first-principles thinking environment. Team-oriented with guiding principles like “We win as a team,” “We fight for customer value,” and “We optimize for speed.” - **Work policy**: Flexible & remote work options are available; many roles are hybrid in Austin, New York, or Salt Lake City. - **Perks & Benefits**: Unlimited PTO, 401k, health/vision/dental insurance, One Medical membership, 24/7 mental health support (EAP), regular team happy hours, lunches, and company offsites. - **Growth opportunity**: Work at a high-growth startup that is rebuilding the infrastructure of capital markets. Employees have opportunities to work cross-functionally in a capital solutions, engineering, and product environment. - **Notable alumni sources**: Talent often joins from top fintech and financial firms (Citi, Google, Ribbon, Lithic, Resolute Diligence Solutions, Realtor.com). ## Sources 1. [setpoint.io](https://www.setpoint.io/) 2. [setpoint.io/careers](https://www.setpoint.io/careers/) 3. [setpoint.io/about](https://www.setpoint.io/about/) 4. [Greenhouse job board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/setpoint) 5. 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