Counsel II, Vendor

At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most. About the Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team The Legal, Compliance, and Public Affairs team is a group of dedicated professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products for consumers, merchants, and key partners. We combine legal, compliance, and policy expertise to guide growth, shape products, and build trust across our ecosystem. Our work spans multiple professional disciplines and provides the foundation for Affirm’s mission to deliver honest financial products. About the role Affirm seeks a practical, proactive, and people-oriented transactional attorney to join our Vendor Legal team. You are pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and comfortable balancing risk with business velocity in a high-growth, technology-driven environment. You will partner closely with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, and other cross‑functional teams to negotiate a range of vendor transactions. In addition to managing a busy deal pipeline, you will help design and improve processes, playbooks, and programs that increase efficiency so the team can scale with company growth. This is a unique opportunity to help rebuild the Vendor Legal team from the ground up. What you'll do • Lead negotiation, drafting, and execution of a wide range of vendor agreements, including marketing tech, technology services, cloud services, SaaS, data platform, contractor, creative, lease, and payment processing engagements. Manage a high volume of deals with speed and sound judgment • Design, implement, and continuously improve playbooks, contract templates, negotiation guides, and other projects that enable the team to operate efficiently at scale. Identify friction points and build solutions that reduce cycle time without sacrificing quality • Work closely with Procurement, Financial Partnerships, Engineering, Product, Finance, Information Security, Privacy, and other teams to provide clear, practical guidance • Serve as a proactive, strategic business partner to stakeholders across the organization • Develop and deliver training and resources that empower business partners to self-serve on routine commercial legal matters, increasing team capacity and reducing bottlenecks What we look for • JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar • 5+ years of relevant transactional experience in-house at a technology company or in a technology practice group at a top law firm • Exceptional drafting skills • Experience in marketing tech, adtech, fintech, payments, or financial services • Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdictional transactions (e.g., Canada, US, UK/EU, Australia) • Strong working knowledge of data protection and privacy regimes such as CCPA, GDPR, APPs, PIPEDA, and GLBA • Proven ability to manage high deal volume while maintaining quality, consistency, and attention to detail • A track record of building or improving legal processes, playbooks, templates, or other operational tools in a high-growth environment • Clear, concise communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal and commercial issues into plain language • Collaborative working style, with experience guiding cross-functional teams toward practical, win-win outcomes • Intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving instincts: you learn new products and business models quickly and enjoy finding solutions to novel challenges • Proactive, self-starter mentality with a bias for action • Excellent judgment, and ability to make timely, pragmatic, and business-focused decisions in ambiguous situations with imperfec