Staff Product Designer

About Mainstay

Are you ready to be a part of something groundbreaking? Mainstay is the leading market intelligence platform purpose-built for buying, managing, and selling homes in the single-family rental industry. We empower informed decision-making and unlock opportunities for owners, operators, and residents by aggregating and standardizing data from over 50 unique sources. Originally founded within Opendoor, Mainstay launched as an independent company in 2024, driven by our mission to simplify the complex and bring clarity and trust to the single-family rental ecosystem. Join us as we reshape the future of the industry!

About the role

The design team at Mainstay builds tools that help businesses buy, manage, and sell homes more efficiently. We focus on simplifying complex processes through intuitive, well crafted experiences. Working closely with product, engineering, and data teams, we turn industry challenges into user friendly solutions that make a real impact.

As a Staff Product Designer, you will begin by owning design work in one product area, building deep expertise and driving high quality outcomes. Over time, your initiatives will influence and shape experiences across multiple product areas, improving usability, efficiency, and business impact at scale. You will partner with product managers, engineers, and leadership to turn vision into experiences that scale. You will also help define how AI and emerging technologies are applied responsibly and creatively in our product.

You're expected to:

• Own and lead design strategy for core product workstreams, from early discovery through to delivery.

• Mentor and support other designers, raising the quality bar across the team.

• Collaborate with PMs, engineers, data teams and operations to translate business opportunities into user centered designs.

• Conduct user research and synthesize insights to inform strategic product decisions.

• Develop high fidelity prototypes to explore and validate new features, workflows, and interactions.

• Contribute to and extend our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across products.

• Stay curious about AI and emerging technologies, applying them thoughtfully to enhance user experience and workflow efficiency.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of relevant work experience

• Exceptional design craft. Your work is thoughtful, polished, and sets a high bar for quality.

• Strong product thinking. You approach design holistically, considering both user needs and business impact.

• Enterprise experience. You have worked on at least one complex B2B or enterprise product and understand the challenges of designing for enterprise users.

• Collaborative mindset. You thrive in cross-functional teams, communicate effectively, and advocate for users at every stage.

• Comfort with ambiguity. You can navigate uncertainty, define problems, and drive solutions with minimal guidance.

Bonus points if you have

• Prior experience in real estate, finance, or other complex industries.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design field, or similar work experience.

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Mainstay Built on Trust

At Mainstay, trust is at the core of everything we do. We build trust with everyone -- from candidates to employees to partners. We believe in fairness and openness throughout our hiring process, evaluating candidates based on qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. Our privacy practices describe how we handle applicant information, you can find the policy details for California residents here.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at mainstay-recruiting@opendoor.com