Finance & Legal Jobs at Legalist
Legalist has 2 open finance and legal roles, 2 of them remote, alongside 7 other open roles.
About Legalist
Legalist is an institutional alternative asset management firm that uses data-driven technology and artificial intelligence to invest in credit assets at scale. Founded in 2016 and incubated at Y Combinator, the firm launched its first fund in 2017 and manages over $1.5 billion in technology-enabled alternative investments for endowments, foundations, hospitals, insurance companies, and family offices.
The open roles
- Managing Director, Originations: remote, Director, posted 6 July 2026.
- Head of Acquisitions: remote, Head, posted 6 May 2026.
Also hiring at Legalist
Legalist is also hiring in sales and business development (3), marketing and growth (2), engineering (1) and people and talent (1).
Its roles are in remote (6) and New York City, NY, US (2).
What finance and legal work involves at an early-stage startup
You build the books, the contracts and the controls rather than inherit them. Founders ask you about runway, a customer agreement and a new country's rules in the same afternoon. At a large company each of those sits with a different specialist team.
Experience level
Open roles by the experience the posting asks for.
Questions people ask
Can these roles be done remotely?
2 of the 2 open finance and legal roles at Legalist are remote.
What else is Legalist hiring for?
Sales and business development, marketing and growth, engineering, and people and talent: 7 more roles.