Design Systems Lead — Remote (Latin America)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Puebla de Zaragoza; Remote; MXN 1,318,000 - 2,071,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a working system with tokens, variables, modes, and core components for a reproducible build pipeline.

This is a senior, systems-first role overseeing multiple client brands simultaneously, with a focus on rapid, correct system setup and consistency across sites.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web, with real design system work in your portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants. Actual architecture, not just tidy files.
• A portfolio where the work looks different from client to client but the rigor underneath is the same.
• 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

Web design

Design systems

Figma

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a working system with tokens, variables, modes, and core components for a reproducible build pipeline.

This is a senior, systems-first role overseeing multiple client brands simultaneously, with a focus on rapid, correct system setup and consistency across sites.