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HousingAnywhere

Online marketplace for short-term student housing

Senior Product Designer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Rotterdam, Netherlands
HybridTwo office days per week; remote work is available for up to two months per year.
Product & Experience DesignProduct Design

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 7 years of experience designing complex digital products.
  • Strong product thinking and problem-framing skills.
  • Strong interaction and visual design craft.
  • Experience in marketplaces, search, or discovery products.
  • Experience running discovery and validating ideas.
  • Confidence working with data, metrics, and experiments.
  • Experience collaborating closely with engineers and product managers.
  • A portfolio showing both what you designed and why.
Responsibilities
  • Shape the long-term vision for the search and discovery experience.
  • Lead projects from early discovery through launch and iteration.
  • Use qualitative research, behavioural data, and experimentation to make decisions.
  • Define success, measure impact, and continuously improve solutions.
  • Raise the quality bar across the design team through thoughtful critique and craft.
  • Contribute to design principles, the design system, and how the product is built.

About the company

HousingAnywhere is a rental marketplace that connects international students and young professionals with short-term housing options. Its platform makes it easy for landlords to list properties and for tenants to find and book temporary accommodations, offering a seamless process for searching, messaging, and securing housing. The company differentiates itself by focusing on niche needs: international mobility and short-term stays, providing a specialized experience tailored to students abroad and early-career professionals, rather than broad, generic rental listings. Its goal is to grow as a leading marketplace for rental accommodations in Europe, supported by funding and acquisitions to expand its market presence and platform capabilities.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$49.5M

Headquarters

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026 showed a 15% month-on-month student search increase before the September housing rush.
  • HousingAnywhere lists 110,000 properties and 400 university partners, supporting liquidity and trust.
  • The group generated 60,000 bookings in 2024, proving repeatable demand across its marketplaces.

What critics are saying

  • Antonio Intini started as CEO on March 5, 2025, leaving a fresh leadership transition risk.
  • Q2 2026 rents fell 4.6%, signaling a cooling market that can reduce transaction volume.
  • HousingAnywhere excludes the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland, ceding major student markets to rivals.

What makes HousingAnywhere unique

  • HousingAnywhere combines verified listings, online booking, and mid-term rentals across 125 European cities.
  • The group owns HousingAnywhere, Kamernet, and Studapart, creating cross-brand distribution in Europe.
  • Its quarterly Rent Index uses platform demand data, reinforcing brand authority among students and landlords.

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Benefits

  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Health Insurance
  • Employee Meal Benefits
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Meal Benefits
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Home Office Stipend
  • 350

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Online Marketplaces
Mar 7th, 2025
People Roundup: KE Holdings, HousingAnywhere, CoStar, OLX Brazil

Intini joins from the Italian real estate portal Immobiliare, where he served as a business development manager.

Online Marketplaces
Feb 28th, 2025
HousingAnywhere CEO Djordy Seelmann Steps Down

The Netherlands-based rentals marketplace HousingAnywhere will announce a new CEO imminently after Djordy Seelmann stepped down after ten years at the helm.

The Manual
Jan 13th, 2025
Thinking of moving to Europe? These cities have the highest and lowest rent

HousingAnywhere has just released their International Rent Index for Q4, shedding light on the rental prices in some of the continent's most popular cities.

AIM Group
Nov 2nd, 2023
HousingAnywhere revamps brand identity

Property rental marketplace HousingAnywhere, which raised $8.5 million U.S. in debt last month, revamped its brand identity and introduced a new slogan, "Rent Easy.

Brown Brothers Media
Oct 27th, 2023
Dutch Housing Rental Platform Housinganywhere Raises €8M From Bnp Paribas

Read this article in:Rotterdam-based HousingAnywhere, a company that claims to be Europe’s leading housing rental platform, announced that it has raised €8M in a venture debt round from global bank BNP Paribas.This funding marks the start of a collaborative effort to transform the real estate sector using “innovative” technology solutions, aligning with HousingAnywhere’s mission to empower individuals to find homes worldwide.Christopher Kramme, Head of BNP Paribas Growth Solutions, says, “HousingAnywhere has demonstrated its ability to build and sustain a particularly compelling marketplace, despite a challenging environment these past years.”CJ Welkzijn and Louis-Marie Angevin, working with Innovative Clients for BNP Paribas Netherlands, add, “Here in The Netherlands, BNP Paribas remains committed to supporting the innovation economy by giving access to our global platform, including through the development of new capabilities like Venture Loan or data-driven RCF.”