Senior Counsel, Industry Data (AI)

Location: Remote within the United States; U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 states, with limited exceptions.

Base salary: $164,400–$262,600 annually in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC; $156,200–$249,400 annually in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. Equity awards may also apply.

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. real estate technology and media company operating a major platform for buying, selling, financing, and renting.

What you will do

• Structure, draft, negotiate, and manage strategic agreements with MLSs, brokerages, franchisors, and other industry partners supporting hirify.global’s 2026–2027 priorities.
• Advise Industry Development and senior management on deal strategy, commercial structures, risk tradeoffs, and relationship-sensitive negotiations.
• Provide legal guidance on acquiring, licensing, displaying, using, and governing MLS data across consumer and agent-facing products.
• Advise Product, Engineering, and AI/ML teams on data rights, MLS restrictions, fair housing concerns, and practical guardrails for AI-enabled products.
• Build data-management frameworks, policies, controls, training, and scalable guidance for responsible use of MLS data.
• Monitor MLS, trade association, litigation, and regulatory developments and translate them into actionable business guidance.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience at a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department, including meaningful commercial transactions or data licensing experience.
• JD and active state bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
• Deep knowledge of residential real estate, including MLS structures, rules, data licensing, brokerage operations, and industry associations.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements, including data licensing, technology, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Working familiarity with fair housing, copyright, data privacy, and state real estate licensing laws.
• Experience advising product and engineering teams and understanding data feeds and data systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project management, organizational skills, judgment, and ability to manage competing time-sensitive matters independently.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across departments, seniority levels, and external industry organizations.

Nice to have

• Experience at an MLS, brokerage, real estate trade association, or proptech company.
• Direct experience with MLS data licensing or policy.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning technologies, including data rights, fair housing, and listing-data issues in real estate.
• Knowledge of emerging state and federal AI regulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work from a physical location of choice identified to hirify.global, without a permanent corporate office workplace for remote employees.
• Collegial, collaborative legal environment within an innovative, fast-paced technology, real estate, and media company.
• Full-time employment with base salary and eligibility for equity awards.
• Work supports hirify.global’s distributed Cloud HQ approach and cross-functional collaboration across Legal, Compliance, Industry, Product, Engineering, and Operations.