Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
$190,000–$210,000 year
Remote
Job Summary
Audit existing component libraries and live product experiences using AI tools to map gaps and inconsistencies, then generate a data-backed plan to unify and streamline the system. Own and drive the token architecture across color, typography, spacing, and motion as the single source of truth, establishing Figma-to-code parity while introducing new components with intention. Define the contribution model and governance, including versioning, changelogs, and automated guardrails, to prevent fragmentation across internal tools, customer-facing apps, and multi-brand surfaces. Partner across Product, Engineering, and domain designers to ensure accessibility is inherited by default through automated testing and AI-assisted audits.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ yrs required
- Principal level
- IC role
- Experience designing token systems that scale across different contexts
- Architecture that can flex without fragmenting
- Establish and maintain Figma-to-code parity
- Partnering with engineering on the pipeline from design tokens to implemented, documented components
- Experience in insurance, fintech, or other complex, regulated, high-consideration product domains
- Familiarity with the design-to-code toolchain — Storybook/Chromatic, a token transformer like Style Dictionary, and how tokens land in a real front-end stack (Angular, Rails, etc.)
- Comfort reading or contributing to component code
- Ability to influence without authority
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and 0-to-1 spaces
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in insurance, fintech, or other complex, regulated, high-consideration product domains
- Familiarity with the design-to-code toolchain — Storybook/Chromatic, a token transformer like Style Dictionary, and how tokens land in a real front-end stack (Angular, Rails, etc.)
- Comfort reading or contributing to component code
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