Senior Fintech Legal Counsel (Payments)
inDrive
Legal
Legal, AB T0G 1L0, Canada
Posted on May 11, 2026
We're looking for a Senior Fintech Legal Counsel to lead the legal and regulatory side of our payments agenda — from launching cashless and wallet products across multiple jurisdictions to negotiating contracts with PSPs and partnering with tax, product, and LBP teams to keep launches compliant and commercially sound. The role suits someone with deep payments and fintech regulatory expertise who's comfortable owning complex, cross-border questions end-to-end.
- Department
- Center of Legal Expertise
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Kazakhstan
- Address
- Almaty, Almaty Special District
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
Key Responsibilities
- Regulatory analysis for implementation of hard / light cashless.
- Review of contracts with PSPs for launch of hard / light cashless.
- Work with the tax team to ensure tax efficiency of cashless schemes.
- Work with LBP teams to ensure no labour law risks with cashless launches.
- Regulatory analysis and legal support of wallet launches.
- Audit of existing contracts with PSPs.
- Elaborate best practices for contracts with PSPs.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- 4–7 years PQE, with at least 3 years focused on payments / fintech / financial services regulation, in a law firm and/or in-house at a global business.
- Working knowledge of payments and e-money regulation across multiple regions.
- Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating core payments contracts, including with PSPs, acquirers, and payout/disbursement partners.
- Experience with marketplace payment flows.
- Proven ability to advise business, product, finance, and tax stakeholders on new product launches and market entries, and to manage outside counsel across jurisdictions.
- Strong commercial judgment and clear, risk-weighted advice; pragmatic, high-ownership, and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Full professional fluency in Russian and English.
- Law degree and admission to practice in at least one jurisdiction.
Why join us?
- Help us challenge injustice by creating fair choices for millions of people across 1100+ cities in 48 countries.
- Develop your professional skills with access to mentoring, career consulting, and learning programs.
- Collaborate with teams around the world and gain international experience through our Global Talent Exchange Program.
- Engage in company-wide challenges, awards, sports activities, employee-led social impact and volunteering projects.
- Work alongside people who take initiative, speak openly, and challenge themselves to grow.
- Improve your language skills through co-financed courses and internal speaking clubs.
Final benefits may vary depending on the location.
About inDrive
inDrive is a global tech company on a mission to challenge injustice. We started in 2012 in the coldest city on Earth, when a group of friends created a way for people to agree on fair ride prices. That idea grew into one of the world’s top ride-hailing apps, now with 360M installs across 48 countries.
Today, we offer more than rides: from freight and delivery to intercity travel and financial services, all designed to put people first. Our goal is to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2030. Through inVision, our non-profit arm, we support education, entrepreneurship, and equality in underserved communities.
Ready to ignite your inner drive?
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