Snowflake

Senior Corporate Counsel - Corporate at Snowflake (Menlo Park, CA)

Snowflake· Menlo Park, CA· $202k–$266k·

Role details

Salary
$202k–$266k
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time

Snowflake at a glance

Snowflake runs the AI Data Cloud, a fully managed platform for storing, analyzing, sharing, and building AI on enterprise data across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Snowflake provides the AI Data Cloud, a single managed platform for data warehousing, data lakes, engineering, analytics, data science, app development, secure data sharing, and AI, running across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It separates storage from compute so customers scale and pay for each independently.

Public (NYSE: SNOW); ~$88B market cap raised · latest: IPO · September 2020 · largest software IPO on record · backed by Sequoia Capital, Altimeter Capital, Iconiq Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Snowflake is looking for Corporate Counsel or Senior Corporate Counsel (depending on level of experience) to join our Corporate Legal team. This role offers the opportunity to be at the heart of Snowflake's public company legal function, supporting ‘34 Act reporting, corporate governance, securities law compliance and equity compensation matters. This is an in-person role based in Menlo Park, CA or Dublin, CA, reporting to our Director, Assistant General Counsel - Corporate and Securities.

What You’ll Do

  • Assist with the preparation and review of periodic reports, current reports and proxy statements, including the maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures.
  • Support all aspects of corporate governance, including maintaining the governance calendar, preparing materials for the board and committee meetings, and driving the annual shareholder meeting process.
  • Support insider trading law compliance, Section 16 reporting and 10b5-1 plan administration.
  • Assist with equity plan administration and compliance with equity award plans (US and international).
  • Maintain and ensure compliance with corporate policies, including the Related Party Transactions Policy, Insider Trading Policy, and 10b5-1 trading plan program.
  • Assist generally with public company securities laws compliance, including the 1933 Act, 1934 Act, 1940 Act and Hart Scott Rodino Act.
  • Support cross-functional initiatives relating to investor relations, governance, financing, compliance and international expansion.

About You

  • 4+ years of public company legal experience, ideally at a law firm and in-house.
  • Experience with public company reporting including the preparation of periodic reports, proxy statements, Section 16 reports and registration statements.
  • Experience maintaining a governance calendar for a public company board and its committees.
  • Ability to understand and clearly explain complicated and nuanced issues.
  • Highly responsive, with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Eager to jump in, take ownership and deliver excellent legal support in an extremely fast-paced environment.
  • J.D. from an accredited law school; active membership in good standing in California.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

Why work at Snowflake

  • Culture: Described as “driven by innovation, low egos, high bars, and collaboration” (Snowflake Careers page). Glassdoor rating of 3.9/5 overall (78% approve CEO).
  • Work‑Life Balance: Glassdoor rates Work/Life Balance at 3.7/5; many remote and hybrid roles available (see Indeed listings).
  • Benefits: “Benefits & Beyond” program includes competitive compensation, equity, career advancement programs, and commitment to pay equality and veteran hiring.
  • Engineering Focus: Hiring process includes 2–4 week timeline with technical interviews; the company values impactful, project‑based work for all roles, including interns.
  • Recognition: Named a Best Large Place to Work (BuiltIn 2024) and future‑focused by Fortune, signaling strong employer brand.

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