Requirements

Extensive experience owning design systems at large organizations
A true 50/50 design-engineer, equally credible in visual craft and in code
An impeccable eye for visual design
Deep understanding of the nuanced differences between mobile, web, and React UI best practices
Strong product sensibilities to help evaluate and integrate contributions from various product feature teams
Fluency in Figma, but primarily living in GitHub where you own the repo
Experience designing and maintaining semantic design tokens and scalable component APIs
A track record of driving adoption through excellent documentation and cross-functional partnership
Working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and how to build them into a system
Readiness to work with new AI tooling and genuine comfort with ambiguity
Experience building a semantic token system from scratch across multiple platforms
A track record scaling a design system through a period of fast org growth
Experience defining contribution models and governance for multi-team design systems
Familiarity with component tooling and documentation platforms (e.g., Storybook)
Experience mentoring designers and engineers and growing a design systems practice

Design Systems Lead

Summary