AmazonCorporate Counsel, Real Estate, GREF Legal
Amazon is hiring a Corporate Counsel, Real Estate, GREF Legal in Seattle, United States. It pays $169k-$229k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Legal Technology, real estate law and contract negotiation among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Corporate counsel handling real estate transactions and legal strategy, with incidental mentions of leveraging legal tech and AI tools for efficiency.
You will lead legal strategy on complex commercial real estate transactions and development projects and provide legal counsel and contract interpretation to business team members on a daily basis. In addition, you will develop, implement, and manage process improvements, build AI tools to simplify and streamline our work, resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. You'll have exposure to senior leadership on high-profile projects.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead legal strategy on complex commercial real estate transactions for Amazon's leased and owned corporate sites (including offices, labs, R&D, and other specialty and hybrid sites).
- Serve as strategic legal advisor to business partners on real estate matters impacting portfolio strategy, asset management, and site operations
- Identify and proactively flag legal and business risks in real estate transactions, providing practical solutions that balance risk mitigation with speed to launch
- Manage and direct outside counsel on complex negotiations — owning legal strategy while maintaining quality and cost discipline
- Advise on land use, zoning, entitlements, and permitting strategies across diverse regulatory environments
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Real Estate, Operations, Finance, Tax, Construction, and Environmental teams to drive projects from site selection through launch
- Structure creative deal solutions for novel legal and business challenges, including first-impression issues in new asset types and emerging business lines
- Support post-acquisition and post-lease matters including construction contracts, property management agreements, landlord disputes, and ongoing operational real estate issues
- Drive process improvements and leverage AI and legal technology to increase efficiency and scalability across the real estate legal function
A day in the life
Your day might start on a call with outside counsel negotiating a new lease for a robotics R&D facility. By mid-morning, you're reviewing a construction contract for new office space. Your afternoon might include working on a cross-functional team developing AI tooling to simplify real estate transactions and advising business partners on a landlord dispute at an existing location. Throughout the day, you balance urgent matters with strategic work, making high-judgment calls that directly impact the experience of Amazon's employees.
About the team
We are a passionate group of legal professionals dedicated to partnering with our business teams to deliver workplaces that delight employees and support innovation. We value curiosity, collaboration, and a sense of humor.
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- Experience in Real Estate Law
- Knowledge of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the legal context, such as confidentiality, accuracy, and bias prevention
Preferred qualifications
- Can distill complex legal issues into clear, concise business guidance
- Can use AI for legal research, contract analysis, or document review experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, NY, New York - 169,300.00 - 229,000.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 153,900.00 - 208,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 153,900.00 - 208,200.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Corporate Counsel, Real Estate, GREF Legal at Amazon rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where real estate law was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where contract negotiation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where risk management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where process improvement was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Legal Technology in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Real Estate Law, Contract Negotiation, Risk Management, Process Improvement, and Legal Technology. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
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