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We're building marketplace sustainable ecosystems that millions of people depend on every month – to buy and sell cars, find homes, land jobs, and trade secondhand goods. It's commerce that matters: safe, smart, and environmentally responsible.

We do this with courage to innovate, commitment to outcomes, collaboration across 50+ nationalities and 7 markets, and a customer-led approach that puts real people first. Add a desire to win – and you get a culture that's ambitious, fast-moving, and built on trust.

Our brands – including AutoTrader, OLX, Otomoto Property24, and more – are loved by millions. And we're backed by Prosus, one of the world's largest tech investors.

Join OLX and see how far you can go.

We believe the future of our products sits at the intersection of AI and design. Our ambition is to become an AI-native organization, where intelligent systems and human-centered design come together to create faster, smarter, and more meaningful customer experiences. We’re rethinking how products are built, how experiences are shaped, and how teams deliver impact.

A key part of this transformation is creating the right foundations and infrastructure to enable high-quality experiences at scale - where design systems, patterns, and workflows are structured, scalable, and AI-readable, unlocking new levels of speed, consistency, and innovation.

Real Estate is one of our most strategic verticals. It’s where high-intent users make some of the most important decisions of their lives. Our ambition is to deliver a category-defining experience - one that is seamless, intelligent, and deeply tailored to user needs.

Design plays a critical role in making that happen.

We are looking for a strong design leader to spearhead a coherent, cross-platform experience across Real Estate, bringing it to the next level and ensuring tight alignment across brand, product, and design. This role will be instrumental in defining a unified experience that feels intentional, high-quality, and consistent across all user touchpoints - while shaping how AI and design come together at scale within OLX.

Why this role exists
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As our Real Estate business scales, so does the complexity of the experience.

Today, we face fragmentation across teams, inconsistent patterns, and limited governance over quality. At the same time, we are entering a new era where design needs to be:

• Systematized
• Scalable
• AI-readable and AI-leveraged
• Governed with clarity and intent

We are looking for a Principal Designer to lead this transformation. This is a craft-first leadership role, not a pure manager, not a pure strategist.

You will define and elevate the quality bar across the Real Estate vertical, shaping everything from interaction patterns to system architecture, while ensuring our design foundations are structured for the future (including AI-driven creation, automation, and consistency at scale).

What you’ll do
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Lead Craft & Quality Across the Vertical

• Set and uphold a high bar for interaction, UX, and visual design quality across all Real Estate experiences.
• Identify gaps in experience consistency and drive alignment across teams.
• Turn strong design instincts into explicit, repeatable standards.

Own Design Systems & Governance for Real Estate

• Define how the design system is applied, extended, and governed within the vertical.
• Establish clear guidelines, principles, and usage patterns to reduce fragmentation.
• Partner with design systems teams to ensure coherence across OLX while enabling vertical-specific needs.

Drive AI-Ready Design Foundations

• Lead the evolution of design systems and patterns into structured, machine-readable formats.
• Ensure components, patterns, and flows are designed for AI-assisted creation and scalability.
• Explore how AI can: Generate and validate UI patterns, improve consistency and quality enforcement and accelerate design and build workflows

Be a Hands-On Craft Leader

• Design and prototype critical flows and interactions yourself.
• Push for excellence in the last 20% of execution, where quality truly differentiates.
• Bring clarity to complex problems through strong design thinking and making.

Influence Strategy Through Design

• Shape product direction through design-led thinking, not just execution.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define what great looks like.
• Use design to connect user needs, business goals, and technical possibilities.

Mentor and Elevate the Team