Corporate Counsel

About The Role & Team

Amplitude’s mission is to help companies build better products.  By building best-in-class teams, we create best-in-class products that customers love.  We approach challenges with humility, we take ownership over our work, and our growth mindset pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers.

Amplitude has been a public company for less than a year.  As such there is a great deal of work to do in order to establish a vibrant and effective corporate function. You will have responsibility for all corporate legal matters, including SEC reporting, corporate governance matters, corporate entity management (both domestic and international), and any potential financing or strategic (non-commercial) transactions. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop skills in, and own, a wide variety of matters as additional legal needs arise. You’re an ideal fit for the role if you’re an experienced lawyer with tremendous capability, intelligence and integrity, and a leader who is highly motivated to drive immediate impact across the company in a highly cross-functional role.

As Corporate Counsel, you will: 

• Report to the Assistant General Counsel, Corporate on a three person team within Legal that also includes a Corporate Governance/Securities Specialist
• Have substantial experience with SEC and stock exchange reporting and requirements, including preparation and filing of 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements (including the CD&A), Section 16 reports and 1934 Act filings, including leading and filing all securities documentation, and providing advice regarding securities law topics including insider trading
• Help further develop Amplitude’s ESG program as well as manage Amplitude’s compliance with finalized SEC rules regarding cybersecurity and climate disclosure
• Support corporate governance processes, including general recordkeeping, preparation of board and committee meeting agendas, presentations, resolutions, consents, minutes, and other materials
• Provide support for domestic and international compliance programs
• Provide support for corporate development activities, including mergers and acquisitions, financing activities, and strategic corporate partnerships
• Support international corporate governance, international registration, and management of subsidiary entities both domestic and international
• Provide general advice and counsel to leaders in Amplitude’s Finance, Accounting, Tax, Insurance, Investor Relations, Marketing and Communications teams
• Work closely with our equity team on equity matters, including equity plans, and compensation issues
• Engage with Human Resources on employment matters as needed
• Help counsel the business with respect to other legal matters, including tax and insurance

You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:

• 4-5 years of experience as a corporate securities attorney (at least one year of in-house experience at a public company is strongly preferred)

• A JD and active membership in at least one state bar
• Experience with SEC and stock exchange reporting and requirements, including preparation and filing of 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements (including Compensation Discussion & Analysis), Section 16 reports and 1934 Act filings, including leading and filing all securities documentation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and present complex ideas simply and understandably to employees at all levels as well as to our management team and board
• Creates clarity and brings focus and direction to the most important priorities that will drive the biggest impact, mitigate the most significant risks, and deliver the greatest return on the investment of time and resources
• Has a proven track record of fostering a team culture based on empathy, collaboration, mutual respect, and is someone who genuinely cares about the people they lead
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-energy environment, and capable of dealing with and navigating ambiguity
• Intellectually curious, humble (no task is too big or too small), and—through it all—doesn’t take themselves too seriously

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view. 

We care about the well-being of our team: along with excellent health insurance, we offer flexible time off, a monthly wellness stipend, delicious in-office lunch, dinner, & snacks, commuting benefits, a 12-week parental leave, a generous Learning & Development stipend, and a full 10 year window to exercise your stock options. 

The Product: Amplitude is a product intelligence platform– we help companies understand their users, rapidly release better product experiences, and grow their business. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to build on: a platform that enables companies to thrive. 

Other fun facts about Amplitude: 

• Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
• Over twenty of the Fortune 100 are now customers of Amplitude as are innovative brands such as Atlassian, Twitter, FuboTV, and Thredup.
• We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Amsterdam, London, Paris and Singapore.
• Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on all your numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Amplitude’s D&I Commitment: Amplitude believes that diversity enables creation of better products, ability to solve complex problems, and drive more powerful solutions. In order to make diversity possible, we commit to striving to create an environment of inclusion: an environment focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection, which will allow employees of all backgrounds to feel the care they need to thrive.