Opportunity Snapshot
Homeaglow is creating happy homes—and rewriting how home services work at scale. As General Counsel, you’ll serve as the company’s chief legal officer and a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership as the business continues its profitable, high-growth trajectory.
This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible role at a mission-driven, bootstrapped marketplace where legal leadership directly enables growth, innovation, and long-term value creation.
Why Join Homeaglow
- A true startup environment with ownership, speed, and accountability
- Sustained double-digit growth at nine-figure scale, with significant market runway
- Strong unit economics and disciplined focus on long-term value
- Real economic impact: over 100,000 professionals earning meaningful income through the platform
- A high-caliber, collaborative team building a category-defining company
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Performance-based bonus
- Equity participation
- Comprehensive benefits package
The Role
Reporting to senior leadership, the General Counsel will oversee all legal matters for the company—balancing risk management with business momentum. You’ll shape legal strategy, strengthen governance, and ensure compliance as Homeaglow scales its platform and expands into new services.
This role goes beyond legal defense; it’s about enabling thoughtful, confident growth while protecting the company, its customers, and its service professionals.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Strategy & Advisory
- Serve as a strategic legal advisor to the CEO, President, and executive team
- Align legal approaches with overall business objectives
- Proactively identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risk
Corporate Governance
- Advise on governance best practices and support Board operations
- Ensure compliance with bylaws, charters, and corporate policies
Regulatory Compliance
- Oversee compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including worker classification and advertising laws
- Develop and monitor company-wide compliance programs
- Manage regulatory inquiries and internal investigations
Contracts, Transactions & IP
- Oversee drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts
- Provide legal support for M&A, partnerships, financing, and strategic transactions
- Protect intellectual property and proprietary assets
Litigation & Risk Management
- Manage litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution
- Select and oversee outside counsel and legal budgets
- Advise on enterprise risk management, insurance coverage, and crisis response
Leadership
- Build and lead the internal legal function
- Manage departmental budget
- Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Product, and Compliance
The Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 10+ years of legal experience, with deep corporate law expertise
- Prior in-house experience strongly preferred
- Strong business judgment, communication, and leadership skills
- High ethical standards and ability to manage complex, fast-moving matters
- Preferred
- Experience in a B2C, marketplace, or platform-based business
- Experience working alongside founders
- Background spanning multiple legal disciplines (corporate, employment, advertising, etc.)
Opportunity Snapshot
Homeaglow is creating happy homes—and rewriting how home services work at scale. As General Counsel, you’ll serve as the company’s chief legal officer and a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership as the business continues its profitable, high-growth trajectory.
This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible role at a mission-driven, bootstrapped marketplace where legal leadership directly enables growth, innovation, and long-term value creation.
Why Join Homeaglow
- A true startup environment with ownership, speed, and accountability
- Sustained double-digit growth at nine-figure scale, with significant market runway
- Strong unit economics and disciplined focus on long-term value
- Real economic impact: over 100,000 professionals earning meaningful income through the platform
- A high-caliber, collaborative team building a category-defining company
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Performance-based bonus
- Equity participation
- Comprehensive benefits package
The Role
Reporting to senior leadership, the General Counsel will oversee all legal matters for the company—balancing risk management with business momentum. You’ll shape legal strategy, strengthen governance, and ensure compliance as Homeaglow scales its platform and expands into new services.
This role goes beyond legal defense; it’s about enabling thoughtful, confident growth while protecting the company, its customers, and its service professionals.
Key Responsibilities
Legal Strategy & Advisory
- Serve as a strategic legal advisor to the CEO, President, and executive team
- Align legal approaches with overall business objectives
- Proactively identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risk
Corporate Governance
- Advise on governance best practices and support Board operations
- Ensure compliance with bylaws, charters, and corporate policies
Regulatory Compliance
- Oversee compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including worker classification and advertising laws
- Develop and monitor company-wide compliance programs
- Manage regulatory inquiries and internal investigations
Contracts, Transactions & IP
- Oversee drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts
- Provide legal support for M&A, partnerships, financing, and strategic transactions
- Protect intellectual property and proprietary assets
Litigation & Risk Management
- Manage litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution
- Select and oversee outside counsel and legal budgets
- Advise on enterprise risk management, insurance coverage, and crisis response
Leadership
- Build and lead the internal legal function
- Manage departmental budget
- Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Product, and Compliance
The Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 10+ years of legal experience, with deep corporate law expertise
- Prior in-house experience strongly preferred
- Strong business judgment, communication, and leadership skills
- High ethical standards and ability to manage complex, fast-moving matters
- Preferred
- Experience in a B2C, marketplace, or platform-based business
- Experience working alongside founders
- Background spanning multiple legal disciplines (corporate, employment, advertising, etc.)