Design Systems Architect — Remote (LATAM)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Asturias; Remote; EUR 98,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built for web projects. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into tokens, variables, modes, and core components that a build pipeline can execute without questions.

This is a senior, systems-first role focused on standing up new systems quickly across multiple client brands with architectural consistency and global applicability. Strong English and US hours alignment are required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work.
• Fluency in Figma variables, components, auto layout, and variants.
• A portfolio showing client-to-client design system work with consistent rigor.
• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor.

Skills

Design systems

Figma variables

Portfolio diversity

English communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built for web projects. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into tokens, variables, modes, and core components that a build pipeline can execute without questions.

This is a senior, systems-first role focused on standing up new systems quickly across multiple client brands with architectural consistency and global applicability. Strong English and US hours alignment are required.