UX Designer - AI-Driven Growth for Real Estate Platform

AppFolio, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio seeks a UX Designer to join FolioGuard, our insurance platform within the Real Estate Performance Management suite. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to understand user problems, conduct research, and deliver cross-functional solutions that improve experiences for property managers and residents.

You’ll lead growth experiments, leverage AI for faster insights, and contribute to a scalable design system while adapting to evolving business priorities in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Strong user-centered product sense and curiosity.
• Growth design experience: funnel analysis, A/B testing, experiments.
• Proficiency with AI-powered design, rapid prototyping.
• Ability to translate design rationale for non-design stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Agile and Lean UX in fast-moving environments.
• A portfolio demonstrating design process and software product experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product and Engineering to understand problems, define opportunities, and deliver well-crafted FolioGuard solutions.
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and design validation to ensure customer needs are met.
• Design, run, and iterate growth experiments to optimize key user flows and outcomes.
• Use AI-powered tools to accelerate research synthesis, prototyping, and delivery.
• Communicate design rationale to cross-functional partners and drive shared understanding.
• Apply and contribute to our design system, ensuring UI consistency and evolving components.
• Adapt to shifting priorities and provide structure in ambiguous spaces.

Skills

User-centered design

Growth design

AI-powered design

Design communication

Agile/Lean UX

Portfolio review

Job description

AppFolio seeks a UX Designer to join FolioGuard, our insurance platform within the Real Estate Performance Management suite. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering to understand user problems, conduct research, and deliver cross-functional solutions that improve experiences for property managers and residents.

You’ll lead growth experiments, leverage AI for faster insights, and contribute to a scalable design system while adapting to evolving business priorities in a hybrid work