Staff Product Designer

What You'll Do

• Lead design for high-impact initiatives across multiple product areas, from discovery to delivery
• Define and drive your own work, making clear decisions on priorities, scope, and direction while keeping cross-functional peers and stakeholders aligned
• Drive product vision and strategy in partnership with Product, Engineering, and Research
• Translate complex problems into elegant, user-centered solutions that balance business goals and customer needs
• Contribute to our design system to ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency across the product
• Champion a holistic user experience, advocating for design considerations that span the entire customer journey
• Prototype, test, and iterate rapidly to validate ideas and refine solutions
• Communicate design decisions with clarity and influence, aligning stakeholders and driving consensus
• Contribute to our design team's culture and strategy, fostering collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning

Skills You Bring (Required)

• 7+ years of experience designing digital products end-to-end, with at least 3 years in senior or staff-level roles
• Exceptional visual and interaction design skills, grounded in usability and accessibility best practices
• Strategic product thinking: connect design decisions to company vision, product goals, and user impact
• Proven ability to work autonomously—defining, leading, and executing design work while ensuring alignment with cross-functional peers and stakeholders
• Experience leading design across multiple teams or initiatives while maintaining a high standard for craft
• Strong systems thinking: design for scale, reusability, and long-term maintainability
• Adaptability: navigate ambiguity with confidence and adjust quickly as priorities shift
• Bias for action: take initiative, move ideas forward, and focus on impact
• Growth mindset: continuously evolve skills, embrace challenges, and help others grow alongside you

Skills You Bring (Desired)

• Experience designing and building tools in small, fast-moving teams
• Experience in SaaS, proptech, or marketplace platforms
• Proficiency with design systems at scale in multi-product ecosystems
• Strong facilitation skills for workshops, visioning, and alignment sessions

Qualities You Practice

• Own it end to end. Drive projects from idea to execution. Take pride in the work. Do what it takes.
• Communicate like a teammate. Direct, candid, and respectful. Give feedback well, receive it well, and build trust through transparency.
• Hold a high bar. Think critically. Stay curious. Keep looking for ways to do it better.
• Stay adaptable. Anticipate challenges, take initiative, and bring resourcefulness to whatever comes next.
• Experiment and learn fast. Try things. Learn from what doesn't work. Keep it simple.
• Debate well, commit fully. Push back constructively, contribute your point of view, then align and move together.
• AI is a core skill. Use AI tools to move faster and think sharper.

Compensation & Benefits

• $180-220k base
• Equity
• Health coverage from day one (Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life and disability coverage, SIMPLE IRA with company match
• Flexible vacation, 11 holidays + 3 recharge days
• Parental leave and fertility benefits
• Legal and tax help through RocketLawyer
• Business expense allowance and internet reimbursement
• Company-sponsored Orca card for Seattle HQ
• Reimbursed weekly team lunches, game nights, and events