About Bolt

Bolt is shaping a future where cities are built for people, not cars. What started as an ambitious project of a 19-year-old in 2013 has grown into a global mobility platform used by more than 200 million customers and 4.5 million driver and courier partners across 50 countries.

From ride-hailing and food delivery to scooters, e-bikes, and car-sharing, Bolt helps people move through cities every day. Small, autonomous teams drive this work, combining the speed and ownership of a startup with the scale of a global technology company backed by more than €1bn in funding.

And we're just getting started.

Why join Bolt?

• Build the future of mobility and help transform how people live and move in cities.

• Tackle challenges at scale that span technology, operations, regulation, and growth.

• Take real ownership early. Small, lean teams mean your decisions matter from day one, and you'll learn fast alongside some of the best people in the industry.

• Join one of Europe's leading technology companies, backed by world-class investors including Sequoia.

About the role

We’re looking for a senior legal/compliance professional to be part of our Commerce Compliance team. In this role you would be taking proactive global ownership of regulatory compliance of Bolt’s payments platform, ensuring second line compliance across EEA, and alignment with financial services licensing regulation in our 45+ countries globally.

This is a hands-on role for a knowledgeable legal expert to manage compliance projects, external counsels and internal stakeholders. As part of Bolt’s payments team you would be providing strategic and daily support to the whole company from a financial services regulation point of view.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Identifying and implementing financial services regulatory compliance and licensing requirements across EEA and elsewhere, in 45+ countries.

• Validating compliance of business and product changes and expansions.

• Managing daily communication with external counsels, internal legal and other stakeholders.

• Driving daily compliance management to reduce compliance gaps - leading the company towards compliant and scalable solutions, providing support with compliance requirements implementation etc.

• Support in relations with competent authorities and payment service providers.

• Ensuring the monitoring of regulatory developments to stay ahead of the curve.

About you:

• Legal qualification, master’s degree in law.

• 5+ years of experience in the regulatory environment, law firm or an international company.

• Solid understanding of financial services regulation. Preferably specifically regarding payment services and e-money, or in other financial regulatory, fintech fields.

• Strong logical thinking and research skills, proven experience in project and stakeholder management and an ambition to constantly improve.

• Excellent writing and presentation skills and ability to digest legalese to business stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently, to handle a fast-paced work environment, agility, and readiness to switch priorities in a flash.

Why you'll love it here:

• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.

• Enjoy a rewarding salary and stock options, knowing that as Bolt succeeds, so do you.

• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

• Celebrate 5 years at Bolt with a 1-month paid sabbatical to recharge.

• Connect with colleagues at annual company events and smaller team gatherings.

• Balance flexibility and in-person collaboration with our hybrid model, including at least 12 monthly in-office days.

Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

At Bolt, using AI daily is a baseline expectation for everyone. If there's a faster, smarter way to do your work, we expect you to find it. You're still responsible for the output, so the standard stays high when using AI tools.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don't tick every box, please consider applying!

Everyone is welcome

Bolt is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, nationality, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable accommodations throughout our hiring process. If you require any adjustments, please let us know.