Senior Product Designer

At Side, we believe everyone should own their path.

Side is a real estate startup that pioneered the concept of brokerage-as-a-service to help top real estate professionals create and run their own companies without having to operate a brokerage. Our proprietary platform makes the real estate transaction process far more efficient for both agents and home buyers/sellers.
Before Side, exceptional real estate agents had two choices: You could join an antiquated traditional brokerage, relinquish control of your business, and pay hefty fees for marginal value. Or you could start your own independent brokerage, massively increase your liability, and take on the burden of running your own back office. We created a third option: Own your own business and run it on the Side platform. Agents get to focus on what they do best — selling real estate — while Side operates in the background to facilitate their transactions, and help them grow.

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 $300 million in funding from top-tier venture capital firms, including Coatue, Tiger, D1, Sapphire, Trinity, and Matrix.. Headquartered in San Francisco, Side currently operates in 16 states, with plans to expand nationwide in the coming years. We were named Company of the Year by Inman News (the leading industry publication) and a Most Innovative Company of 2022 by Fast Company.

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 Role:
Side is looking for a Senior Product Designer who can take ownership of complex product problems and drive design from discovery through launch. This role requires someone who understands when to operate independently and when to partner closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to shape the right solutions.

You will lead design efforts across initiatives, using customer research, product data, and strong product intuition to guide decisions. The right candidate is comfortable running research, synthesizing insights, and translating them into practical product improvements.

We’re looking for someone who is both strategic and hands-on: a designer who uses design thinking and data to inform their process and can produce high-quality UI.

This role also requires curiosity and continuous learning. We want someone who actively explores new tools, technologies, and methods—including thoughtful use of AI—to improve how problems are understood and solved.

This is a hybrid role based in our San Francisco headquarters. To foster collaboration and maintain our fast-paced culture, we require 2 days per week in the office.

What You’ll Be Doing:
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Own design projects end-to-end, from discovery through final implementation

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Partner closely with product managers and engineers to define problems, shape product strategy, and deliver solutions

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Use data, analytics, and customer insights to inform design decisions

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Plan and run user research, including interviews, usability testing, and concept validation

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Design intuitive, high-quality product experiences across complex workflows

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Contribute to and evolve the design system, leveraging existing components and proposing new variants when needed

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Facilitate workshops or collaborative sessions when alignment or ideation is needed

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Advocate for user-centered thinking throughout the product development process

What Would Make You a Strong Fit:
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4+ years of product design experience shipping digital products

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Comfortable owning ambiguous problems and driving work independently

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Strong collaboration skills with product managers, engineers, and other partners

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Experience using product data and user insights to guide design decisions

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Experience planning and conducting user research studies

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Strong UI craft; able to work within established components and expand them thoughtfully

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Experience designing complex workflows and systems-level experiences

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Clear communicator who can explain design decisions and tradeoffs

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Experience working in fast-moving startup or high-ownership environments

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Curiosity and growth mindset; actively learning new tools, methods, and technologies

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Thoughtful use of AI tools to support research, analysis, or problem framing (not as a replacement for design thinking)

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Highly proficient with modern design tools (Figma or similar)

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!

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