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LegitScript

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

📋 Compliance

🛍️ eCommerce

💳 Fintech

Compliance • eCommerce • Fintech

LegitScript is a company that provides a merchant and market intelligence platform powered by artificial intelligence, primarily serving internet platforms, e-commerce marketplaces, and payments companies. The company specializes in evaluating, mitigating, and managing third-party risk with real-time monitoring and compliance solutions. LegitScript offers products such as Xray for merchant risk intelligence, marketplace and ad monitoring, and several certification services, including addiction treatment, healthcare, and CBD certification. It partners with major platforms like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, and collaborates with companies such as White Bullet to enhance its monitoring capabilities. LegitScript aims to ensure safety and transparency for the commercial internet through its comprehensive risk assessment and compliance tools.

📋 Description

• Lead and conduct in-depth investigative research to support client deliverables, intelligence reports, proofs of concept, and ad hoc research requests • Evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information from diverse regulatory, legal, and open sources to provide clear narratives regarding platform risk and emerging abuse patterns • Serve as a senior reviewer for high-priority reports and data deliverables, editing others’ writing in keeping with organizational style to ensure accuracy, clarity, and actionable insights • Partner closely with Data Integrity teams to map new risk networks and conduct ongoing network integrity checks to ensure data accuracy • Perform comprehensive legal and regulatory research across a wide variety of high-risk subject areas and jurisdictions (e.g., healthcare, telemedicine, financial services, gambling, adult content) • Decisively answer internal analyst questions, provide final risk decisions for clients, and serve as a central point of contact for complex, high-risk escalations • Help design, build, and maintain internal knowledge bases and team-specific resource libraries with an emphasis on usability and consistency • Act as a subject-matter expert for payments-related risk, including payment facilitation models, merchant risk, evolving fintech/regulatory expectations, and social media and e-commerce platforms • Track and interpret regulatory, enforcement, and industry developments, integrating insights into team resources, training materials, and workflows • Represent the Research function in internal and external meetings, advising Sales and Product teams on ecosystem trends, product opportunities, or policy limitations • Mentor and support junior researchers, analysts, and specialists through formal peer review, coaching, and the development of training materials

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in research, legal compliance, risk operations, intelligence, or a related field preferred • J.D. or equivalent degree, and/or active Bar membership (or eligibility for house counsel admission) • Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to adjust complex writing for diverse audiences (from internal analysts to executives and clients) • Exceptional attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and the confidence to make definitive decisions under pressure • Proficiency with tools such as Google Workspace, Confluence, Microsoft Excel/Sheets, standard research or monitoring platforms, and common use AI tools • Exhibit a growth mindset by being open to feedback, embracing change, and collaborating effectively in a fast-paced environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Flexible work options