Design System Specialist

Above; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 541,067 - 757,493; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exciting projects with global clients

Warm, collaborative culture

Personal coaching

Competitive compensation

Access to the Eidra network

Job summary

Above is looking for a Design System Specialist in Stockholm to help shape complex digital products for global clients. You will lead the creation of scalable design systems, ensuring alignment between designs and production using AI tools.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and a strong portfolio. You'll work in a warm, collaborative culture that values personal coaching and creativity, with exciting projects awaiting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale design systems.
• Strong portfolio showcasing complex design systems.
• Comfortable with explaining ideas to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of scalable design systems.
• Use AI tools to maintain documentation.
• Ensure alignment between Figma and production code.

Skills

Building large-scale design systems

Expert in Figma

Strong system thinking

QA mindset

Explaining complex ideas

Tools

AI design tools

Job description

Overview

Above is looking for a Design System Specialist to help shape the next generation of complex digital products for global clients. This role sits at the intersection of visual craft, system thinking, and modern AI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of scalable, robust design systems for complex enterprise products.
• Use AI tools to generate and maintain documentation, usage guidelines, and developer specs.
• Work with AI-assisted handoff tools to ensure pixel-perfect alignment between Figma and production code, including automated checks for accessibility and brand consistency.
• Use generative scripts to map legacy patterns to new tokens and components, accelerating system adoption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale design systems.
• A strong portfolio showcasing real, complex design systems (AI-assisted work is a plus).
• Expert in Figma and curious about the new wave of AI design tools.
• Strong system thinking — you know how to structure tokens and data so machines and humans understand them.
• A sharp QA mindset: you use AI to explore, but trust your eye to curate and validate.
• Comfortable explaining complex ideas to designers, developers, and stakeholders.
• Mentor the team on how to use AI responsibly and creatively within design systems.

What Above Offers

• Exciting projects with global clients
• A warm, collaborative culture with personal coaching
• Central Stockholm office
• Competitive compensation
• Access to the Eidra network of experts

About Above

Above is a design agency built on curiosity, collaboration, and craft. We help brands grow by creating meaningful, effective experiences that change behavior for the better. You’ll join a multidisciplinary team where feedback is part of everyday work, creativity is taken seriously, and people genuinely care about doing great work together. We believe in trust, flexibility, and giving designers space to grow — creatively and professionally.

Practical details

• Please include CV + portfolio (projects showing how you work matter most — and AI-assisted work is a plus)
• Location: Stockholm
• Open to relocating? Let us know — we’d love to hear from you!