Full time - Paris/London or full remote from Western EU or the UK - 45/55k€ (adaptable depending on your location) + equity

Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program #FT120 from La French Tech! 🎉 🇫🇷

As the first hire dedicated to legal operations at Kiln, with a clear mission: build automation, tooling, and structure to make legal processes scalable across the company.

This is a new role, ideal for someone hands-on and tech-savvy who wants to combine legal expertise with operational impact. You’ll work closely with our Head of Legal and cross-functional teams (Sales, Ops, Finance, Product, People).

Responsibilities

• Create and own the legal ops function

  • Set up and maintain contract and process automation (e.g. Zapier, templates, macros)

  • Build internal tools, including a Slack bot to answer common legal & sales questions

  • Implement and manage Kiln's external tools (Equity management, Contract Legal Management, Corporate Governance management)

  • Continuously improve and iterate on internal legal tooling

• Drive operational excellence

  • Help structure workflows, documentation and dashboards in Notion

  • Support on contract templates, negotiation workflows, document versioning...

• Accelerate our use of AI

  • Identify and deploy AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Law LLMs) to boost legal team productivity

  • Launch pilots such as automated regulatory watch or internal legal newsletters

• Empower GTM and other teams on legal workflows

  • Design self-serve resources and processes to reduce legal bottlenecks and enable operational autonomy

  • Partner with GTM teams to scale efficiently by embedding legal know-how into tools and workflows—without needing to scale legal headcount linearly.

Stack: 

• Software: Go, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, REST API…

• Smart-contract: Solidity, Foundry

• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes

Requirements

• 1+ year experience in a legal function (ideally in FinTech, SaaS or scale-ups)

• Background in business, financial or banking law

• Hands-on experience with contract automation (Zapier, macros, templates)

• Comfort with tools like Slack, Notion, and AI assistants

• Proven project management and self-organization skills

• Strong interest in automation and AI (you already use it daily)

• Fluent (written and spoken) in both French and English

Nice-to-have:

• Prior experience in crypto / Web3 environments

• Ability to write or understand simple code (e.g. for integrations)

• Experience working within a certified environment (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA...)

• Genuine interest in blockchain, DeFi and smart contracts→ Check our Tech Blog and Open-Source contributions

About Kiln:

Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade rewards platform that enables institutional customers to stake assets and integrate staking & DeFi functionality into their offerings. Our API-first platform provides fully automated validators, staking & DeFi protocols access, and comprehensive data and commission management.

With $13+ billion in crypto assets staked through our platform, Kiln has established a strong presence on Ethereum, managing over 4.3% of the network through 45,000+ validators — all with zero slashing events.

Kiln serves more than 140 leading customers, including Binance, BitPanda, Bitgo, Fireblocks, VanEck, and TrustWallet.

Our team of 95 ecosystem enthusiasts brings experience from industry leaders like Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other prominent technology and cryptocurrency companies.

We've raised $30M in total funding from prominent investors including 1kx, Crypto.com, Illuminate Financial, Consensys, Wintermute, Kraken Ventures...

Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair!

Kiln is now part of the prestigious French Government program #FT120 from La French Tech! 🎉 🇫🇷

How Kiln will support you:

At Kiln, our values drive us: Technical Excellence ensures top security and usability; Innovation-Driven Meritocracy elevates groundbreaking ideas; Trust and Transparency build reliability through open communication; and People First keeps our team and clients at the heart of everything we do.

• A fast-paced, bureaucracy-free work environment

• Equity share options in the business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed!

• Competitive salary

• Flexible holiday

• Flexible remote working

• Choose your IT equipment

• Internet connection : €50/month

• Significant personal development budget (books, training)

• Overseas tech conferences budget

Kiln is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including women or persons with disabilities.

Your interview process

Our thorough process ensures the best fit for both you and Kiln, and we strive to make each step valuable and efficient.

1. Recruiter Interview (45 min)

2. Take-home test (< 3 hours)

3. Technical Interview (60 min)

4. Core Values Interview (45 min)

5. Founders Interview (30 min)

Offer!

Your personal information will be securely stored in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and will not be shared with external parties. We comply fully with GDPR regulations to protect your data and privacy.

Please note that we do not sponsor visas for persons without work authorization in your location. This role is for full-time employees only (no B2B or contractors). Thank you!