Legislative Counsel
at Instacart
Remote
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
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Overview
About the Role
We’re seeking a skilled lawyer to join our Future of Work Team. In this role, you’ll work across teams to analyze and respond to the evolving regulatory and legislative landscape impacting our business. You’ll provide strategic legal guidance and help build foundational compliance initiatives, ensuring the company is well-positioned to navigate challenges as regulations develop. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects in a fast-paced environment while honing your legal and strategic problem-solving skills.
About the Team
The Future of Work Team supports Instacart’s mission to transform the gig economy. By proactively engaging with regulations and legislation, the team bridges the gap between policy and practice, ensuring compliance while driving innovation. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional partners across departments to adapt Instacart’s operations to the evolving legal landscape.
About the Job
As part of the Future of Work Team, you will:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Policy & Government Affairs, Operations, Product, and Communications) to address regulatory and legislative matters impacting Instacart.
- Analyze, review, and draft legislation that affects gig economy participants, marketplaces, retailers, and consumers.
- Provide actionable legal guidance regarding regulatory requirements to ensure compliance across various aspects of Instacart’s operations.
- Help develop legal frameworks and best practices to drive compliance with legislative and regulatory mandates.
- Support the design of compliance strategies to meet legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Assist in managing external counsel, trade associations, and experts to support collaborative strategies or litigation needs where required.
- Build relationships with industry partners and associations, participating in cross-industry initiatives to shape the regulatory conversation.
- Conduct research and develop expertise in new and emerging areas of law as relevant challenges arise.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
- 3+ years of experience practicing law.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize, analyze, and provide precise legal advice in response to legislative updates.
- Experience working with legislative bodies, government agencies, or regulatory matters.
- Proven success in supporting compliance initiatives and executing legal frameworks.
- Understanding of legislative processes and the regulatory landscape.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with legislative or regulatory strategy.
- Familiarity with issues facing marketplace platform companies, gig economy platform companies, or similarly highly regulated businesses.
Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For US based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.