Senior Product Counsel, Mortgages
Core
Senior Product Counsel providing full lifecycle legal support for Zillow Home Loans mortgage products, bridging regulated consumer lending and product development.
Role type
Senior Product Counsel (Mortgages & Fintech)
Builds
Zillow Home Loans mortgage products, including affordability tools, pre-approval features, and AI-enabled agentic features.
Domain
Consumer Finance / Mortgage Lending / Fintech / Real Estate
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Mortgage regulatory framework expertise, AI/ML compliance, commercial contract negotiation, product design guidance, risk analysis, stakeholder education
Preferred skills
In-house fintech/prop tech experience, GLBA/TCPA familiarity, emerging AI regulation knowledge
Technologies
AI/ML model evaluation, agentic features
Responsibilities
Advise product/engineering teams on state and federal mortgage regulations (RESPA, TILA, ECOA, UDAAP); Partner with AI/ML teams on compliance guardrails for agentic features; Draft and negotiate vendor and technology agreements; Embed with business partners on first-of-kind initiatives; Educate cross-functional teams on lending legal requirements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC