Assistant General Counsel

Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:

- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech

- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval

- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender 

- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award 

- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing

- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023

- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world

We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive. 

We are seeking a Securities and Corporate Transactions attorney to support Better’s General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other senior executives relating to SEC reporting requirements, capital markets and corporate finance transactions. The attorney will work closely with the company’s Accounting and Treasury departments and with other business units as needed. The attorney must have extensive knowledge and experience with U.S. securities law matters, including public company periodic reporting requirements and be able to handle routine capital market transactions with minimal outside counsel assistance. In addition, the attorney will work with outside counsel on more complex transactions, provide legal support for other corporate finance matters, such as credit agreements and derivative agreements, and assist with corporate governance matters. The attorney will work closely with our deputy general counsel of litigation and corporate transactions, and report to the General Counsel/CCO. The attorney chosen for this role will serve as a key leader within a Legal & Compliance team that is critical to ensuring our success during a pivotal stage of our company’s development.