Zillow
Senior Product Counsel, Mortgages
$156K–$263K
Remote-USA · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- JD with active state bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
About the job
Serves as product counsel for Zillow Home Loans, advising on mortgage product development, regulatory compliance, agreements, and AI-enabled features from design through launch and iteration.
What you'll do
- Provide lifecycle legal counsel to mortgage product and engineering teams on product design, disclosures, and federal and state mortgage requirements.
- Partner with AI/ML teams on compliance guardrails, testing model outputs, and setting legal and regulatory evaluation criteria.
- Draft and negotiate supporting commercial and data-rights agreements, and coordinate with cross-functional legal, compliance, and business teams.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of relevant experience with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, including meaningful consumer finance, mortgage, or product counseling experience.
- JD with active state bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
- Substantive command of mortgage and consumer lending regulation, and experience advising on product development.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements such as vendor, technology, or services agreements.
Nice to have
- In-house experience at a mortgage lender, fintech, or prop tech company.
- Familiarity with GLBA, TCPA, and emerging state and federal AI/algorithmic regulation.
Pay
$164,400.00 - $262,600.00 annually (base salary); $156,200.00 - $249,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
AI/ML, RESPA, TILA, ECOA, UDAAP, GLBA, TCPA
AI focus
Partner with AI/ML engineering teams on compliance guardrails for AI-enabled and agentic product features, including hands-on testing of model outputs and developing legal and regulatory evaluation criteria.
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