Senior Design Technologist: Design System & AI Tools

sggovterp; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Housing & Development Board (HDB) is seeking a Senior Design Technologist to evolve its design system and AI tools, ensuring accessibility and consistency across products. You will bridge design and engineering, working in Figma, code repos, and with designers to implement scalable patterns.

The role focuses on building tokens, theming, and documentation, plus developing AI tooling and governance to guide adoption. Strong collaboration and clear documentation are essential.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing design system work: components, tokens, documentation.
• Experience with accessibility standards, including WCAG AA.
• Ability to write scripts with the Figma API or JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain design system components and tokens.
• Develop AI tooling for design work (Figma plugins, agents, prompts).
• Support adoption and governance, track usage and gaps across teams.
• Collaborate with front-end engineers using Code Connect and Storybook.

Skills

5+ years design experience

Design systems

Portfolio

WCAG AA accessibility

Figma proficiency

UI design

GitHub collaboration

Clear writing

Tools

Figma

Code Connect

Storybook

GitHub

Job description

Housing & Development Board (HDB) is seeking a Senior Design Technologist to evolve its design system and AI tools, ensuring accessibility and consistency across products. You will bridge design and engineering, working in Figma, code repos, and with designers to implement scalable patterns.

The role focuses on building tokens, theming, and documentation, plus developing AI tooling and governance to guide adoption. Strong collaboration and clear documentation are essential.