Lead Product Designer, Design Systems

Austin, Texas, United States

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions.

Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance.

Are you a design systems expert? Are you looking to drive the growth and evolution of our design system? If you want to expand your professional goals at Realtor.com®, this is the role for you. Join us as our newest Lead Product Designer, Design Systems and continue to Love Your Career at Realtor.com®,

We are looking for a Lead Designer to drive the growth and evolution of our Design System, ensuring our products maintain a cohesive, scalable, and accessible user experience. In this role, you’ll take a systematic approach to design, building a foundation that enables teams to create high-quality, consistent interfaces across web and mobile. 

This position requires a balance of strategic leadership and hands-on execution, focusing on refining our UI components, interaction patterns, and design standards. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to strengthen adoption, improve workflows, and ensure the design system continues to meet the needs of a growing organization. 

Top reasons to apply

  • Make a lasting impact by shaping the future of our Design System and enabling teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.
  • Work in a high-visibility role, partnering with leaders across Product, Engineering, and Design.
  • Be part of a collaborative, innovative environment that values accessibility, consistency, and scalability.
  • Opportunities for growth, mentorship, and leadership development as you help refine design processes and standards.

What you’ll do:

Design System Leadership & Growth

  • Lead the ongoing development, documentation, and optimization of our Design System, ensuring it scales effectively across web, mobile web (mWeb), iOS, and Android to deliver a consistent and high-quality user experience across platforms.
  • Identify gaps, refine existing components and interaction patterns, and introduce new solutions that align with usability, accessibility, and brand standards.
  • Maintain and evolve, design tokens, Figma libraries, and guidelines, ensuring clarity and usability for teams across the organization.
  • Maintain and refine the contribution model, ensuring teams can effectively enhance the system while preserving consistency and quality.

Collaboration Across Teams

  • Work closely with engineering teams to refine component architecture, design tokens, and front-end implementation strategies.
  • Support product teams in integrating system components while balancing flexibility with standardization.
  • Advocate for best practices in UI/UX design, ensuring designers and developers have the resources they need to create high-quality interfaces.
  • Communicate the value and impact of the Design System across the organization, fostering alignment and adoption.

Accessibility & Inclusive Design

  • Ensure all system components meet WCAG standards, embedding accessibility principles into design and development workflows.
  • Collaborate with engineering, and product teams to uphold accessibility testing processes and compliance measures.
  • Promote an inclusive design mindset, ensuring our products serve a diverse range of users.

Optimization & Continuous Improvement

  • Gather feedback from designers, developers, and stakeholders to refine the system based on real-world usage.
  • Track adoption trends, efficiency gains, and usability insights, using data to inform enhancements.
  • Stay ahead of emerging trends in design, front-end technology, and tooling to ensure the design system evolves with industry best practices.

What You’ll Bring

Experience & Expertise

  • 10+ years of experience in UI/UX design, with a strong emphasis on Design Systems, UX/UI, and scalable design patterns.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience leading design system initiatives in a product-driven organization.
  • A portfolio showcasing design system contributions, scalable UI frameworks, and cross-platform design solutions. 
  • Proficiency in Figma, design tokens, component libraries, with experience maintaining structured design documentation.
  • Strong understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks) and how design systems integrate into development workflows.
  • Deep knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG, ARIA) and inclusive design principles.
  • Experience working in cross-functional teams, collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers to solve complex design challenges.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills–able to articulate design decisions, influence stakeholders, and drive system adoption.
  • A passion for scalable, modular design and commitment to continuous improvement.

How we Reward you:

Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:

  • Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
  • Family forming benefits
  • 13 Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
  • Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
  • Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
  • 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
  • Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
  • Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

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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