Remote Design Systems Engineer — Build Robust Brand Systems

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Colombia; Remote; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, a design-focused agency serving US clients, seeks a senior Design Systems Engineer to own client design systems end-to-end. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a robust token and component architecture, enabling automated pipelines to run without handholding.

This senior, systems-first role emphasizes building fast, correct systems across several client brands, with strong English communication and overlap with US business hours.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work in portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants.
• Strong portfolio showing cross-brand consistency and rigorous design systems.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and US-based clients.

Responsibilities

• Own token architecture and design system patterns that can be read by a build pipeline.
• Ship core component libraries that scale across entire sites for multiple clients.
• Document the system so developers and pipelines can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands with the same structural rigor.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Component architecture

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (not specified)

Tools

Figma variables

Auto layout

Variants

Job description

Blacksmith Agency, a design-focused agency serving US clients, seeks a senior Design Systems Engineer to own client design systems end-to-end. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a robust token and component architecture, enabling automated pipelines to run without handholding.

This senior, systems-first role emphasizes building fast, correct systems across several client brands, with strong English communication and overlap with US business hours.