Associate Product Designer at Ownwell in Austin, TX

Company Background 

Ownwell helps property owners reduce the costs of owning real estate. Our proprietary software automatically identifies property owners that are overpaying on real estate expenses. We then manage the end-to-end process of reducing bills through tax appeals, exemptions, and corrections.

Over $40 billion is overpaid in property taxes every year, and inaccurate tax assessments disproportionately affect people of color, immigrants, as well as low-income communities.

Ownwell is well-funded and venture-backed by some of the best investors in the world. Our customer base has grown by more than 1000% year-over-year with exceptional feedback demonstrating clear product market fit. We are looking for driven and passionate team members who thrive in a collaborative, positive culture where we all win together. If this sounds like the place for you, come help us change the way everyday homeowners manage their real estate across the country.

Our Culture

People are our superpower! Centered in everything we do is a true sense of team. We listen and we learn from each other. We are on this rocketship together and embrace a fast-paced, truly collaborative environment. We are here to win as a team and as a company.

We’ve brought together General Appraisers, Certified Public Accountants, Property Tax Consultants, Data scientists, PhDs, best-in-class customer support representatives, and more to deliver top results for our customers.

Our core values are our guiding principles in everything we do

• Customer Obsession

• Take Ownership

• Do The Right Thing

• Go Far Together

• Accelerate Innovation

Role:

We're looking for a hungry Junior Product Designer to join our team and partner directly with our Product and Product Design teams. You'll learn by doing, getting honest feedback, and be pushed to grow. You'll be in the weeds alongside us, helping shape delightful product experiences for hundreds of thousands of homeowners.
If you love Figma, care deeply about consumer products, homeownership and financial solutions for home owners, and want to develop your craft inside a product that actually matters — then this is the role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Managers on new product ideas, from early concepts to shipped features
• Work closely with engineers to ensure designs are implemented accurately while understanding technical constraints and building relationships with stakeholders.
• Support and work alongside other Product Designers
• Support ongoing product iterations based on customer feedback, research, and data
• Help maintain and evolve our design system by keeping things clean, consistent, and scalable
• Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions
• Advocate for accessible, inclusive, and clear user experiences

Requirements:

• 1–3 years of product design experience.
• A portfolio that shows your thinking, not just your final screens; we want to see your holistic process and story telling.

• Figma-fluent. Comfortable working in a high velocity environment with components, auto-layout, and prototyping
• Solid grasp of UX fundamentals and interaction design
• Can communicate design decisions clearly to non-designers
• Comfortable working across web and mobile-web

• Tenacious: you push through hard problems without waiting to be told what to do next
• Coachable: you seek feedback, act on it, and come back with questions
• Low ego, high output.
• Curious about users and behavioral data.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Familiarity with property tech or fintech is a plus (but not required)
• A portfolio that includes 0→1 or early-stage product work

Ownwell offerings

• Entrepreneurial culture. Own your career; we are here to support you in the journey.
• Access to First Round Network to build your community outside of Ownwell.
• Flexible PTO. We believe in giving you the flexibility to own your time off. In addition to flexible time off, you will get 11 company holidays. We offer the last week of the year to recharge and reset.
• Competitive health benefits. We care for you and your family's health, as reflected in our benefits coverage.
• Learning support through a $1,000 stipend per year to enable investing in your individual learning needs.
• Supporting parental journey. We offer up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental and bonding leave to support your journey as a new parent.
• As applicable complimentary real estate and tax consulting licensing and renewal

Ownwell's vision is to democratize access to real estate expertise. When we say we want to provide access, we mean providing access to everyone. To do that well, we need a team that's broadly representative. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Ownwell is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status.