Paralegal
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.
At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
- Taskrabbit is a remote-first company with employees distributed across the US and EU
- 5-time Best Places to Work in 2022 by BuiltIn. Including Best Companies in SF, Best Mid-Sized Companies, and Best Benefits
- DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Diversity, #1 2019 and 2020
- DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Women, #4 2019 and #1 2020
This role will be remote first with limited travel through August 2025 with the expectation that employees will begin working 2 days per week in our dedicated office space starting September 2025.
About the Role:The Taskrabbit legal team is focused on minimizing risk while getting to yes, prioritizing growth, and finding ways to partner efficiently as we globally scale the company. We are creative problem solvers who prioritize a sense of humor and the ability to get our work done. We are looking for an ambitious paralegal who is looking for a varied role that will offer a broad range of experience. You must have the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment and work proactively with various teams across the organization. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team and work on cutting-edge issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
- Proactively support a team of global attorneys (US and EU based) and other departments on all day-to-day legal matters.
- General legal and administration support (including, but not limited to, mailings and filings, intake of legal mail and business queries, signatory management and any ad hoc administrative requests or queries).
- Oversee the creation, execution, and management of contracts; maintain contract records; ensure they are executed as necessary; and manage legal technology solutions.
- Monitor and manage inquiries from the business to the legal team, and ensure timely responses by coordinating with relevant stakeholders.
- Draft, process, and/or review basic legal and other documents.
- Self-manage and prioritize work tasks and projects and maintain company tools, resources, databases, and processes in order to improve efficiency.
- Manage the intake and response process, with attorney support, for Government and law enforcement inquiries.
- Provide attorneys with litigation support (including, but not limited to, tracking a variety of pre-litigation and litigation matters, responding to subpoenas and other legal processes, and assisting with discovery).
- Act as point of contact for all company secretarial matters, and liaise with and manage external company secretarial support across multiple jurisdictions.
- This is a small legal team so you will have ample opportunity (and be expected to) pitch in and work on matters outside of your core responsibilities, including various other legal and non-legal matters.
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant work experience as a paralegal or contracts manager at law firms and/or in-house.
- Solid stakeholder management and engagement abilities with excellent written, presentation and communication skills - you work effectively in cross-functional teams and are open-minded, inclusive, and flexible.
- You embrace ambiguity, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are comfortable working flexibly under pressure or with tight deadlines.
- You have excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple assignments simultaneously, with effective resolution of conflicting priorities.
- You are accustomed to working in an environment requiring attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
- You can work autonomously where required, meet deadlines and handle queries from inside and outside the company.
- Last but definitely not least, you have a great sense of humor.
- Open and willing to travel to team and stakeholder offsites at least 2-3 times per year.
- Taskrabbit is a Remote-First Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection.
- The People. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams -- people you can be proud to work with!
- The Diverse Culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average.
- The Perks. Taskrabbit offers US employees employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting. Taskrabbit offers EU employees medical insurance. We offer all of our global employees, generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks, Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, IKEA discounts, reproductive health support, and more. Benefits vary by country of employment.
An Active Commitment to Equity within our Company and Platform.
We are an inclusive community where all who share our mission and values belong. Our anti-racist culture actively strengthens the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of underrepresented experiences and our ongoing allyship commitment. Our diverse team represents the communities we serve, breaking down systemic barriers, and transforming lives- one action at a time.
Taskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Taskrabbit is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
Taskrabbit will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
Taskrabbit will never use text or chat applications to conduct interviews. We have a thoughtful and interactive interview process that includes an initial recruiter phone screen and several video-based interviews with our hiring teams. Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.
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