UX Design System Lead (Hybrid) | Scale & Accessibility

Kaluza; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

26 weeks parental leave

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Flex Fund 5%

Perks at Work discounts

Learning budget

Home office budget

Furthr climate app

Job summary

Kaluza is hiring a UX leader to shape and scale the design system and the global Agent Experience product. You will partner with engineering, product and delivery to set strategy, drive quality, and ensure accessible design across teams.

The role emphasizes mentoring, collaboration, and hands-on design and prototyping using AI-assisted tooling. We offer flexible working with 3 days in the Bristol/London office per week, and opportunities across Europe.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing, building, and evolving a design system at scale (tokens, component APIs, documentation, governance).
• Strong design and UX judgement starting from the user, with ability to challenge engineers and designers alike.

Responsibilities

• Shape the design system and global Agent Experience product as an equal partner to engineering, product, and delivery.
• Create and deliver the design strategy for the system with engineering, owning its direction.
• Set and maintain the design and UX quality bar across contributions, ensuring accessibility.
• Run the contribution process end to end from proposal to full adoption.
• Design, prototype, and ship components, using AI-assisted tools from Figma to production code, WCAG 2.2 AA from the start.
• Coach and develop designers and engineers to raise the bar for usage and contribution.
• Represent the design system to stakeholders and advocate its value across the business.
• Champion design and accessibility thinking in architecture with senior engineering leaders.

Skills

Design system strategy

UX leadership

Collaboration with engineering

WCAG accessibility awareness

Figma to production workflow

Tools

Figma

Job description

Kaluza is hiring a UX leader to shape and scale the design system and the global Agent Experience product. You will partner with engineering, product and delivery to set strategy, drive quality, and ensure accessible design across teams.

The role emphasizes mentoring, collaboration, and hands-on design and prototyping using AI-assisted tooling. We offer flexible working with 3 days in the Bristol/London office per week, and opportunities across Europe.