Senior Counsel, StreetEasy, New Construction

Zillow

Senior Counsel providing legal support for Zillow’s StreetEasy and New Construction business lines. Handling compliance, marketing, and product support in a remote environment.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeRemote • California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,900 - $257,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as legal point of contact and subject matter expert for our StreetEasy and New Construction business lines.
Support includes all aspects of the product development lifecycle, including product design and copy, marketing collateral, vendor / partner contracts, customer service scripts / escalations, data use & privacy implications, and disclosures and terms of use
Embed yourself with business partners and provide tactical and pragmatic legal counsel for special projects, pilot programs, and other key initiatives that are central to our strategy
Proactively partner with cross-functional business teams and shared services (e.g., privacy, fair housing, finance, compliance industry, licensing, communications, and marketing) to identify and resolve novel legal matters that arise during the product development lifecycle
Analyze proposed and enacted legislative changes that impact assigned products and work with government relations and product teams to develop and execute implementation plans
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including for key strategic partnerships
Collaborate closely with other internal partners, including other product attorneys, privacy, finance, tax, risk management and information security and compliance

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of relevant experience with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, preferably at a tech company
JD with active state bar admission
Experience with licensing, marketing, intellectual property, and commercial agreements
Experience with real estate regulatory frameworks, the New York real estate market, and the national builder landscape preferred
Aptitude for innovative and goal-oriented problem solving
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to persuasively advise on the implications of legal issues and risk
Outstanding attention to detail, a proactive work ethic, and top-notch drafting and negotiation skills
A project-manager approach to ownership of projects and the ability to quickly get things done by creating clarity from ambiguity
A team-first attitude with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across departments and levels to develop consumer-centric, leading-edge solutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary
Equity awards based on experience, performance, and location

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Hard Skills & Tools

JDactive state bar admissionlicensingmarketingintellectual propertycommercial agreementsreal estate regulatory frameworksNew York real estate marketnational builder landscapedrafting and negotiation

Soft Skills

innovative problem solvinggoal-orientedinterpersonal communicationwritten communicationverbal communicationattention to detailproactive work ethicproject managementcollaborationconsumer-centric solutions