NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within the European region in order to collaborate with their team, peers, and customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please do not apply if you are not physically based within the European region.
Hostaway is the market-leading SaaS scale-up transforming the vacation rental industry. With innovative solutions and partnerships with giants like Airbnb, Expedia Group (Vrbo), and Booking.com, we're taking on the competition and winning. Leveraging our customer-centric core values, we consistently deliver results that encourage growth, learning, and innovation for our team, our customers, and the industry.
As a profitable and growing company, this role is necessitated by our continued growth. Check out more about our recent funding round of $365 million here.
Hostaway is seeking a highly motivated Senior Product Designer to take end-to-end ownership of design for Hostaway’s innovative SaaS solutions, with a primary focus on empowering property managers, vacation rental hosts (B2B), and guests (B2C).
You will drive the full design lifecycle-from strategic discovery to meticulous UI delivery-crafting intuitive, scalable experiences across web and mobile that directly influence user adoption, retention, and business growth. Leveraging data and user insights, you will shape feature journeys, refine critical touchpoints, and define compelling experiences that align with both user value and Hostaway’s objectives.
This position is designed for senior-level individual contributors who want to maximize their impact on product and design strategy as individual contributors-leading by expertise, not by managing people. You’ll own critical product initiatives, set design standards, and mentor peers, while remaining deeply hands-on and close to the work. If you thrive on autonomy, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to shape the future of property management technology, we want to hear from you.
Your Mission:
Own end-to-end product design: Lead projects from user research and ideation through to detailed interaction design, UI refinement, and implementation support, working independently and proactively
Conduct robust qualitative and quantitative research to deeply understand user behaviors, uncover pain points, validate design decisions, and optimize user experience.
Translate complex requirements and business goals into elegant, practical solutions tailored to property management and vacation rental contexts.
Create sophisticated high-fidelity prototypes and pixel-perfect designs, with meticulous attention to interaction details, usability, and visual coherence.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Engineers, Marketers, and stakeholders to deliver feasible, impactful design solutions.
Evolve Hostaway’s design system to ensure consistency, efficiency, and excellence across products and platforms.
Advocate for user-centered design, accessibility, and design excellence, raising the bar for quality and innovation across teams.
Create cohesive experiences for web and mobile applications, optimizing for multiple devices and screen sizes.
Participate in and facilitate design critiques, share insights, and informally mentor junior designers, contributing to Hostaway’s growing design culture.
Stay ahead of emerging design trends, methodologies, and technologies to continuously elevate Hostaway’s design capabilities.
Job requirementsWe’re looking for someone based in Europe to best align with our team’s collaboration and time zones
7+ years designing complex digital products, ideally SaaS, with a strong portfolio demonstrating ownership of the full design lifecycle-from discovery and research through to high-fidelity UI and implementation support
Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end UX/UI design processes, from discovery through execution, across diverse platforms and screen sizes.
Deep understanding of user-centered design, information architecture, interaction design, accessibility, and design for web and mobile platforms
Solid background in qualitative and quantitative user research methodologies.
Expert-level proficiency with Figma and interactive prototyping.
Exceptional communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale and processes.
Proven success collaborating with product and engineering teams, advocating for design-driven solutions.
Experience working independently on complex projects, with the ability to influence product direction and drive outcomes without formal authority
Nice to have skills:
Experience mentoring junior designers informally, leading design critiques, and contributing to design culture-without formal management responsibilities.:
Familiarity with front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and experience working closely with engineering teams.
Track record of staying current with design trends, tools, and methodologies, and adapting quickly to new challenges.
What we offerCompetitive Compensation: We offer competitive pay based on market rates in the country of the applicant.
100% Remote: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere within your country of residence—be it a co-working space, your home office, or even your dining room table. The choice is yours. Just don’t ask to work in our office (we don’t have one).
Equity: Every role in our company comes with valuable stock options in a fast-growing and profitable company. This ensures we all share in the company’s success.
Values-Driven Leadership: Our Core Values are not just words we’ve written to make us feel good. We leverage them daily when making strategic and tactical decisions.
Professional Growth: Our rapid growth offers unparalleled learning and development opportunities, along with a multitude of career advancement opportunities.
Annual Paid Leave: The specific amounts vary by country and are aligned with country and/or contract-specific norms.
Geographic Specific Benefits: As an international employer, we offer different country-specific benefits such as Health Insurance and Pensions in countries where these perks are customary. The specifics depend on the country of the applicant.
Dynamic Team Culture: As a global company with team members in over 40 countries, our diverse and international culture fuels our innovation and creativity, providing a key pillar to our success (and making it a lot of fun to work here).
Thank you for your interest. If you apply for this role, you will receive an email from our Talent Acquisition team after your application has been reviewed alongside the qualifications for this role and the qualifications of others who have applied.
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