UI Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Queretaro)

Blacksmith Agency; Santiago de Querétaro; Remote; MXN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, a US-focused web design partner, seeks a UI Designer, Design Systems to build the Figma tokens, variables, modes and component libraries that power client sites.

This full-time, in-house role owns the system end-to-end, from token architecture to handoff documentation, and requires presenting on live calls with a US team. Remote work from Latin America is supported.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a product, UI or design systems designer, ideally in-house.
• Built a design system in Figma with tokens, variables and modes.
• Ability to hand off a system to developers and keep Figma and code in sync.
• Strong spoken English for live US team calls and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Token architecture in Figma: variables, modes and semantic naming.
• Develop component libraries that hold up across an entire site.
• Handoff and documentation enabling developers to implement the system with minimal questions.
• Manage several client brands with the same underlying design system.

Skills

UI Design

Design Systems

Figma

English communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites for clients across the US. As UI Designer, Design Systems at Blacksmith, you build the Figma design systems our team ships every client site from: tokens, variables, modes and component libraries that developers build from without asking you questions.

Blacksmith Agency

• Design
• Full time, your only job
• Remote (Latin America)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites for clients across the US. As UI Designer, Design Systems at Blacksmith, you build the Figma design systems our team ships every client site from: tokens, variables, modes and component libraries that developers build from without asking you questions. This is a full-time, in-house seat on our team, and it has to be your only job. If you run freelance clients, a studio or agency side work, or plan to keep them, this role is not a fit.

What You Will Own

• Token architecture in Figma: variables, modes and semantic naming, from primitives to semantic to component level.
• Component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Handoff and documentation that let a developer or a build pipeline execute the system without questions.
• Several client brands at once, each distinct, with the same structure underneath.

What You Bring

• 4+ years as a product, UI or design systems designer, ideally on an in-house team.
• A design system you personally built in Figma with variables, modes and tokens, and can walk us through in detail.
• Experience handing a system to developers and keeping Figma and code in step.
• Strong spoken English. You will present and defend your system on live calls with a US team.
• Full-time availability overlapping US business hours.

Not a fit if

• You freelance or run a studio and would keep clients alongside this job.
• Your work is mainly page layouts or marketing pages, without tokens or variables.