Product Designer, Search & Discovery

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Austin, TX
Senior level
Big Data • Real Estate • Software
Realtor.com® is an open real estate marketplace built for everyone.
The Role
As a Product Designer for Search & Discovery at Realtor.com®, you'll collaborate with cross-functional product teams to enhance user experiences by providing design solutions from research to polished pixels. You'll lead the design process, advocate for user needs, and continuously seek feedback to sharpen your skills.
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At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.

Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.

Are you a design expert? Are you looking to join a cross-functional product team in creating world-class experiences that help people find and enjoy a home of their own? If you want to expand your professional goals at Realtor.com®, this is the role for you. Join us as our newest Product Designer, Search and Discovery and continue to Love Your Career at Realtor.com®

Product Designers play an integral role in the performance and operation of a high-functioning product team. This role is expected to partner with the Product Manager and Engineering Lead from start to finish, from initial research and understanding of user problems, through scoping and the creation of user flows, all the way to polished pixels, shipped to the hands of our 100 million unique consumers and real estate professionals.

To be successful in this role, you will need to confidently work with a cross-functional team throughout the full product lifecycle with comfort in all interaction & visual design activities. We fully expect that you will have stronger skills in some areas than others (i.e., stronger visual chops than research prowess), and that you are thirsty to continue learning and improving your skills. You will join a supportive team of product designers, with senior design resources assigned as mentors to support, assist and collaborate, and to help you continue to hone and grow your craft.

This role reports to the Sr. Manager of Product Design.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 5+ years relevant experience
  • 3+ years working in design industry
  • 1+ years of working in a product-led organization
  • Portfolio which examples an ever-growing design point of view and which includes examples of interaction flows, prototyping, and high-fidelity work
  • Familiar with user-centric processes and design thinking principles
  • Experience working on with cross-disciplined teams
  • Clear communication skills
  • A systems approach to design problem solving
  • Opinions informed by data and continuous learning, loosely held
  • Exemplify a We, Not Me attitude

What you’ll do

  • Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders—including researchers, product leaders, engineers, product marketing, brand, and other designers—on complex problems
  • Partner with your Product Manager to be the voice of the user, exploring multiple ideas while also knowing when to bring the work to an executable deliverable
  • Quickly collaborate on solutions which materially improve the user experience across products for your team supports
  • Lead most aspects of the design process from conception to completion, with the oversight and assistance of senior design leaders
  • Articulate the value of design as well as the reasons for your design decisions clearly to design leaders, peers, and your product team
  • Regularly seek out and receive design feedback with professionalism and patience 
  • Demonstrate improvements in your craft based on feedback received
  • Flexible and willing attitude to temporarily help other product teams with design needs when the need arises
  • Leverage our design system to ensure quality component and pattern usage in your product experiences
  • Employ systems thinking to understand user needs, identify gaps for new design patterns, and develop solutions that scale
  • Proactively set goals with your manager and pursue learning opportunities and areas of professional interest


Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. People are our foundation—the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

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The Company
Austin, TX
1,900 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

We pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago. Today, through our website and mobile apps, we are a trusted guide for consumers, empowering more people to find their way home by breaking down barriers, helping them make the right connections, and creating confidence through expert insights and guidance. For professionals, we are a trusted partner for business growth, offering consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world.

Why Work With Us

The way home begins with you. With a diverse team of experts alongside you, you’ll help us reach new heights at the forefront of the digital real estate space. Bring your extensive knowledge and deep expertise and collaborate with other passionate visionaries to lead our industry and revolutionize the way people find home, in every form.

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