ABOUT SIDE

At Side, we believe everyone should own their path. 

Side is the only real estate brokerage platform exclusively for the nation’s best agents. Based on its belief that homeownership is a fundamental human right, we provide top-performing real estate agents, teams, and independent brokerages with the best system, support, and service, in order to elevate the experience and results of buyers and sellers.

Side is led by experienced industry professionals and world-class engineers who develop technology designed to improve agent productivity and enhance the client experience. The company is backed by over $250M in funding from top tier venture capital firms, including Coatue Management, Tiger Global Management, D1 Capital Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners, and 8VC. Side currently partners with agents in California, Texas, and Florida, with plans to expand nationally in the coming months.

At Side, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and innovate your way to success. Becoming an inSider means that you’ll be empowering business leaders to become business owners, all while forging your own path with like-minded entrepreneurs. Join us at Side and own your career, your impact, and your life!

About the Team

The Product Team is small but mighty and responsible for our three product areas: Brokerage Platform (desktop & responsive mobile), MIS (internal tools), and Growth (marketing websites & lead generation). We are in a unique position of having easy access to our customers for regular input and feedback loops, which is key to us building great products. We believe that collaboration, teamwork, and communication are critical to the product development process. The majority of the Product Team will be located out of our San Francisco office, once we return to the physical office. Remote roles will be considered within the United States.

About the Role

At Side, the Product Design team owns end-to-end product design, from leading research studies to creating prototypes and high-fidelity mocks. Reporting to the Director of Product Design, the Senior Product Designer role will interface regularly with our clients and work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to develop products that delight our customers and enable our internal teams to deliver amazing customer experiences. The ideal candidate will be an evangelist for user-centered design and ensure the customer is top-of-mind whenever we design products and experiences. The right candidate will balance research and thoughtful design with a highly practical approach and a bias for action. This position will be aligned with our core flagship product, the Brokerage Platform. Being a young team, you will have the opportunity for immediate, meaningful impact and help shape the way we build products together. We need someone who is willing to provide mentorship and guidance to junior staff as well as contribute to vision and strategy alongside design leadership.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Partner with the Product Managers, Engineers, and Stakeholders to understand and contribute to the definition of problems & goals
• Foster a design approach grounded in customer research and analytics
• Facilitate design thinking workshops and design sprints as needed to drive optimal outcomes
• Create high-quality wireframes, mocks, and cross-platform interactive prototypes to help define the best solutions
• Advocate for design by sharing work cross-functionally, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale
• Design useful, highly usable, and outstanding experiences for our real estate agents and internal teams
• Ensure the products we ship are consistent with Side’s design standards in terms of visuals and voice

WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU A STRONG FIT FOR THE ROLE?

• 5+ years of experience with end-to-end Product Design
• Motivated self-starter who can deeply collaborate with other fields including product management, engineering, research, and analytics
• Comfortable leading research studies/user tests and working with external partners
• Excellent communication skills and a strong collaborator with cross-functional teams
• Shipped products in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
• Applied knowledge for designing across multiple screens and devices
• Experience designing complex workflows and applying systems-level thinking
• Highly proficient with design tools (Sketch, Figma, etc.)
• Highly proficient with interactive prototyping, version control & design workflow management tools (e.g. Invision, Abstract)
• Degree in User Experience Design, Human Factors or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience in Enterprise/B2B Familiarity with Agile/Scrum
• Experience in Real Estate industry (nice to have)

COMPENSATION/PERKS

• Competitive salary
• Stock options
• Best-in-class benefits, including 100% healthcare coverage (medical, vision and dental)
• Flexible PTO
• Learning & Development credit
• Pet friendly environment

Side is dedicated to working with the highest skilled people from the most inclusive talent pool feasible. We maintain that diversity in all aspects leads to positive change, solutions and innovation for our customers and career fulfillment for our employees. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply!

Side uses the E-Verify employment verification program.

Our stewardship of the data of many of our customers means that a background and DRE license check is required to join Side. We will, nonetheless, consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accord with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.