AI-Driven Design Systems Architect (Remote)

Matlen Silver; Vancouver (WA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental insurance (

401(k) plan

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Principal Design Systems Engineer in Vancouver, WA, with remote options. This contract role focuses on defining the architecture for an AI-enabled design system that unifies customer- and associate-facing software experiences.

You will work hands-on across design principles and engineering, including AI tool integration. You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and product managers to validate problems, build governance, and scale the system across many teams

Qualifications

• Shipped Claude/LLM tooling to production (MCP servers, agentic workflows, prompt/context engineering).
• Strong SQL and data engineering experience.
• Full-stack coding with Python and/or TypeScript/React.
• UX/UI skills with Figma and front-end implementation.
• Experience delivering under enterprise constraints (security review, permissions, deployment).

Responsibilities

• Define the technical architecture for a new AI-enabled design system unifying customer-facing and associate-facing experiences.
• Provide governance frameworks for design system management and enterprise adoption metrics.
• Define change management and scaling strategies across verticals and horizontals.
• Build AI-enabled design system components including Claude plugins, MCP integrations, and agentic workflows.
• Drive product-like execution: strategy, testing, shipping, and team adoption.

Skills

Claude tooling to production

SQL and data engineering

Full-stack coding (Python/TypeScript/|

UX/UI design (Figma)

Enterprise constraints (security,部署)

Tools

Claude tooling

MCP integrations

Job description

Matlen Silver is seeking a Principal Design Systems Engineer in Vancouver, WA, with remote options. This contract role focuses on defining the architecture for an AI-enabled design system that unifies customer- and associate-facing software experiences.

You will work hands-on across design principles and engineering, including AI tool integration. You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and product managers to validate problems, build governance, and scale the system across many teams