Design Systems Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct audits and assessments of the Atlas and Nebula design systems to pinpoint overlaps, gaps, and opportunities for consolidation.

• Spearhead the development of a cohesive, scalable design system architecture applicable across various products and platforms.

• Establish standards for component governance, lifecycle management, system documentation, contribution workflows, ownership, and adoption.

• Oversee the roadmap and decision-making process for the unified design system.

• Serve as a liaison between design and engineering teams during the development of the design system.

• Collaborate with engineers to effectively translate design components into production code.

• Streamline design and development workflows to minimize duplication and enhance implementation quality.

• Create and sustain design-to-engineering workflows utilizing libraries, tokens, specifications, and collaborative practices.

• Investigate and integrate tools for the development of design systems and front-end collaboration.

• Delve into AI-assisted design and development tools.

• Implement processes that facilitate quicker prototyping and lessen design-engineering friction.

• Engage in product kickoffs alongside Product Design, Product Management, Curriculum, and Engineering teams.

• Assess initiatives for the scalability of the design system and consistency across platforms.

• Determine which patterns and components should be included in the shared system versus those that remain product-specific.

• Foster adoption through guidance, office hours, and training sessions.

• Monitor design system adoption and metrics across various teams and products.

• Evaluate development efficiency, component reuse, design consistency, and overall team satisfaction.

• Adjust governance and workflows based on the needs of the organization and its products.

• Report on metrics related to adoption, reuse, consistency, and delivery efficiency while driving continuous improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in design systems, front-end (or design technology), or design-to-engineering workflows, demonstrating impact on delivered products.

• Proven experience in leading the strategy, architecture, and governance of a multi-product design system.

• Strong cross-functional influence to harmonize designers, engineers, and product partners around shared standards, tradeoffs, and roadmap priorities.

• Thorough understanding of design system fundamentals, including design tokens, accessibility standards, responsive patterns, and contemporary design tools like Figma libraries and prototyping.

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks and version control workflows.

• Experience in defining success metrics and utilizing data and feedback to iterate on system direction and team workflows.

• Ability to mentor and empower designers and engineers through documentation, office hours, playbooks, and training.

• Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous situations, communicating recommendations, and making decisions with senior stakeholders.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual Bonus

• Remote work