Staff Product Designer

About RentSpree


RentSpree is the nation's leading home rental software. Our award-winning product suite simplifies the entire rental journey—from applications and screening to payments and lease management. Our mission is to bring transparency, efficiency, and trust to agents, landlords, and renters alike.

With over 3 million users, partnerships with 300+ leading real estate companies and MLS platforms, and nine years of consistent growth, RentSpree is at the forefront of proptech innovation. Our award-winning solutions deliver automation and real-time insights that make renting faster, easier, and more secure for our customers.

RentSpree is a proud Forbes' Best Startup Employer and we were also ranked one of BuiltIn Seattle’s Best Places to Work. As one of the fastest-growing property tech startups in the U.S., we’re looking for talented problem-solvers to contribute meaningful impact as we scale. 




Staff Product Designer - Hybrid Seattle, WA; paid relocation available


Design is a critical driver of innovation and impact at RentSpree. As a Staff Product Designer, you will operate as both a hands-on craft expert and a strategic design leader—solving high-impact problems, shaping end-to-end experiences, and influencing product direction at a company-wide level. You’ll collaborate across disciplines to create intuitive, elegant, and scalable solutions that serve our diverse customers—agents, landlords, and renters.


We’re looking for a senior-level IC who thrives in complex problem spaces, sets a high bar for craft, and mentors others while staying deeply involved in execution. You’re a systems thinker, a skilled storyteller, and a champion for design excellence who can balance vision with pragmatic delivery in a fast-moving environment.


This role is Seattle-based (hybrid, 2x/week in-office.)


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


Our job descriptions evolve with our business needs and priorities. In addition to the description above, your role may include additional tasks, projects and team support as needed.



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: You 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: You design for scale, reusability, and long-term maintainability
  • Adaptability: You navigate ambiguity with confidence and adjust quickly as priorities shift
  • Bias for action: You take initiative, move ideas forward, and focus on impact
  • Growth mindset: You continuously evolve your 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


These encompass our guiding principles and startup culture competencies:

  • Take full ownership and accountability: Drives projects from idea to execution, with pride, urgency, and a “do what it takes” mentality.
  • Collaborate with clarity, candor, and respect: Communicate openly and courageously, offer and receive feedback well, and build trust through transparency and reliable partnership.
  • Strive for excellence while staying humble: Driven with a bias for action, hold a high bar, think critically, and continuously look to improve.
  • Bring a versatile, proactive mindset: Adapt to evolving needs, anticipate challenges, take initiative, be resourceful, and embrace opportunities to achieve high quality results.
  • Innovate and learn fast: Experiment, learn from failure, and seek opportunities to introduce new methods or diverse ways of achieving results.
  • Engage in healthy debate and commit as a team: Contribute ideas, challenge constructively, and align quickly for decisive action.
  • AI is a core skill: Equip yourself to use AI in your daily workflow, boosting productivity, accelerating RentSpree’s growth, and building future-ready career skills in a world where AI literacy is essential.



Why Join Us? Our Award-Winning Benefits & Culture


As a fast-growing startup, our culture is built on collaboration, curiosity, and the drive to build something meaningful together. From most comprehensive benefits starting on day one to an environment built on trust, respect, and belonging, we make sure our team feels supported every step of the way. Here’s what we offer:

  • Compensation: $180-200k base
  • Equity Options: Share in the value we’re creating—your work makes a real impact.
  • Team-First Culture: Join a group of talented, supportive teammates who inspire each other to do their best work and celebrate every win.
  • Learning & Development: Ongoing support for your growth through resources, coaching, and career development opportunities.
  • Health Coverage: Comprehensive employee + dependent medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA/FSA options. Plus, enjoy additional health perks like access to Headspace Care+, gym membership discounts, and much more — because your well-being matters, inside and out.
  • Plan for your future: Life, disability, and Simple IRA retirement plan with company match to support your future.
  • Flexible Vacation Policy: We trust you to take the time you need to rest and recharge.
  • Holidays: Enjoy 12 holidays throughout the year, as a part of our commitment to honoring culture, history, and time to recharge. 
  • Events: We make time to connect and celebrate through reimbursable weekly team lunches, game nights, events, and more, both in-person and remotely.
  • Recognition Programs: Team members can recognize their peers with Sprees, which are redeemable for gift cards and/or donations to an organization of your choice, or nominate a colleague for a S.P.R.E.E. Award to spotlight above-and-beyond contributions, which may be rewarded with a spot bonus. Our Work Anniversary Program also honors employee milestones with personalized tokens of appreciation!
  • Business Expense Allowance & Internet Reimbursement: Get the tools and support you need to do your best work.
  • Parental Leave & Fertility Support: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, wherever you are in life.
  • Legal & tax benefits: We offer group legal benefits and tax support through RocketLawyer.
  • Seattle HQ: If you’ll be working from our Seattle office, you’ll receive a company-sponsored Orca card to cover the cost of public transportation to and from the office!


Ready to Build Something Big?


We’re a team of talented, kind, and supportive people who take ownership, move with urgency, and strive for excellence. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and take on exciting challenges, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t meet every requirement!



EEO Statement


RentSpree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. RentSpree makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.


Product Experience Design

Hybrid (Seattle, Washington, US)

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