Working Student Legal & Compliance (FinTech Startup)

We co-founded and led Viafintech (Barzahlen) to 100 employees - one of Germanys most successful fintechs active in 17 markets across the EU and US and sold in 2021 to the NYSE-listed Paysafe Group.

Now were building our next venture: finperks a global platform for all prepaid products: gift cards (Apple Amazon Google) airtime and eCash all via one simple API.

Think of finperks as the Stripe for Prepaid. We started in summer 2025 and have already onboarded 700 brands. The first client goes live by the end of the year.

The prepaid market is massive 600bn today growing to 1.8tn by 2028.

Were a team of eight based in Berlin-Charlottenburg - a mix of experienced founders and talented new joiners.

High ownership low ego kind people. We move fast support each other and celebrate wins together.

Tasks

As a Legal & Compliance Working Student youll work closely with the founders to support finperks legal regulatory and contractual foundations as we scale.

If you enjoy structured thinking research and translating legal complexity into clear processes this role is for you.

• Support legal and regulatory research (e.g. payments vouchers consumer protection GDPR)
• Assist with drafting reviewing and maintaining contracts (NDAs client agreements partner terms)
• Help document and maintain internal policies and legal processes
• Support compliance-related workflows and coordination with external legal advisors
• Assist with legal due diligence for partners vendors and new markets
• Help organize and maintain a structured legal document repository
• Work directly with the founders on legal topics related to product partnerships and operations

Requirements

You dont need extensive work experience! Were looking for motivated detail-oriented students who want to learn fast and take ownership.

• Currently enrolled in Law Business Law or a related field
• Strong interest in commercial law contract law and regulatory topics
• Structured reliable and detail-oriented working style
• Ability to research legal questions independently and summarize findings clearly
• Comfortable working in English (our company language)
• Proactive mindset and willingness to work hands-on in a fast-moving startup environment

Nice to have: Experience with compliance topics (e.g. GDPR) contract management tools or prior exposure to startup or fintech environments.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience: Work directly on real automation and growth systems in a fast-scaling fintech
• Learning by doing: Deep exposure to growth engineering AI automation and B2B fintech
• Real impact: Your work directly supports finperks global expansion
• Autonomy: Freedom to experiment build and take ownership
• Great team: Experienced founders flat hierarchies and a collaborative culture

Join us early - help build the voice of the next global prepaid champion. We are looking forward hearing from you!