Senior Product Counsel, Real Estate Products
About the team
The Zillow Group Legal and Compliance Department is a dedicated team of skilled (and fun!) legal professionals who enjoy working in a collegial environment within an innovative, fast-paced tech, real estate, and media company. This role is part of the Business Lines Legal Team, which provides frontline support for Zillow's products and services.About the role
We are looking for an outstanding, experienced attorney to join our Industry Affairs and Industry Software legal team. This role sits at the intersection of regulated real estate and product, and is uniquely suited for a lawyer who can operate fluidly across both — advising on licensed real estate activities and brokerage operations on one hand, while serving as dedicated legal counsel for an assigned scope of products on the other.
This attorney should have demonstrated expertise in supporting real estate brokerage activities and product development, offering creative solutions to complex problems, and excelling at building strong relationships with both clients and colleagues. Equally important, this attorney must have the desire and demonstrated ability to thrive in an environment where product scope evolves, industry dynamics shift, and priorities change — the right candidate is energized by this reality and embraces it alongside the business partners we support.
In this role, you will get to:
- Serve as the primary legal POC for Zillow’s brokerage operations and the team’s subject matter expert on licensed real estate activities, with particular focus on products that intersect with licensed activity
- Provide full lifecycle product counsel for designated consumer and/or B2B products across a broad range of legal matters including regulatory compliance, data licensing, product design and commercial agreements
- Support industry affairs matters, including MLS escalations, emerging industry issues, and related strategic initiatives
- Embed yourself with business partners and provide strategic and pragmatic legal counsel for issues of first impression, pilot programs, and other key initiatives, including legal risk analysis and recommendations to senior management
- Proactively partner with cross-functional business teams and shared services (e.g., privacy, fair housing, finance, compliance, communications, and marketing) to identify and resolve novel legal matters that arise
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements
- Respond to real estate licensing and NAR ethics complaints
- Provide ad-hoc legal support and subject matter expertise to Government Relations, Litigation, Communications, and other shared services
Who you are
You are a highly responsive and trusted advisor that has:
- 10+ years of relevant experience with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, with substantial real estate regulatory and product counseling experience; in-house experience at a real estate brokerage or prop tech company strongly preferred
- A JD with active state bar admission in at least one jurisdiction
- Experience advising on real estate licensing regulations, MLS policies, and the broader regulatory and industry landscape in which real estate professionals, brokerages and real estate portals operate in
- Experience with product counseling, data licensing, and commercial agreements
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to persuasively convey the implications of legal issues and risk
- Outstanding attention to detail, a proactive and collaborative work ethic, and excellent drafting and negotiation skills
- Ability and desire to take ownership of issues and functions, and quickly get things done by creating clarity from ambiguity
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to successfully and independently handle competing and time-sensitive projects
- A team-first attitude with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments and levels to develop consumer-centric, leading-edge solutions
Get to know us
At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers. As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., we help customers navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease and confidence. Whether you're working in tech, sales, operations, or design, you’ll be part of a company that's reshaping an industry and helping more people make home a reality.
Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the country. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025, and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.
No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.
Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.