Design System Lead - Product & Engineering

Shift4; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Global Blue group is seeking a Design System Lead to own the system end-to-end across web, mobile, and POS, driving governance, token architecture, and scalable patterns.

You will lead migration efforts with AI-assisted tooling, ensuring design and engineering stay aligned from Figma to production, while mentoring teams and defining cross-platform standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Product Design, Design Systems, or UX Engineering roles.
• Proven track record building, evolving, and implementing production-ready design systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in token architecture, theming, component variants, accessibility, and cross-platform design systems.
• Strong Figma skills and understanding of design system best practices, governance, and design-to-code workflows.
• Hands-on experience with React, ShadCN, and Tailwind CSS, as well as Kotlin/Jetpack Compose and Material 3, with a strong understanding of how design system components, tokens, and patterns are implemented in production code.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design system work, including migration, auditing, component generation or mapping, documentation, and design-to-code workflows.

Responsibilities

• Assess design systems across design and engineering, identify gaps, and plan unification roadmap.
• Own, evolve, and consolidate design system foundations across web, mobile, and POS products.
• Define scalable token architecture, theming, accessibility standards, and cross-platform patterns.
• Lead migration to the shared design system using AI-assisted tools to scale at pace.
• Drive design-to-code alignment between Figma and production, building practical workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers to translate foundations into production, accelerating component migration.
• Identify and implement AI-assisted opportunities to automate design system work, including audits and documentation.
• Establish standards and review mechanisms to prevent redundant or non-compliant components.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-assisted workflows

Design-to-code alignment

Mentoring

System governance

Tools

React

ShadCN

Tailwind CSS

Kotlin/Jetpack Compose

Material 3

Storybook

Style Dictionary

Job description

Design System Lead - Product & Engineering**Summary**### Our Product Design team works across multiple product lines, from web and SaaS to Android and POS hardware, as we move toward a shared foundation. We are looking for a Design System Lead to lead the next evolution of that foundation. You will own the design system end-to-end, from token architecture and component governance to AI-assisted tooling that closes the gap between Figma and production. You will define what should be standardized across platforms and what should remain platform-specific, creating a cohesive product experience without forcing a single technical implementation. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role at the intersection of systems design, front-end engineering, and modern AI workflows.### This role is onsite and can be based at any of the following Shift4 locations: Tampa, FL (preferred) / Atlanta, GA / Center Valley, PA### ### Relocation assistance may be available.## **Responsibilities*** Assess the current state of our design systems across design and engineering, identify gaps and duplication, and establish a practical roadmap for unification, migration, and ongoing governance.* Own, evolve, and consolidate our design system foundations across web, mobile, and POS products.* Define and maintain scalable token architecture, component libraries, theming, accessibility standards, and cross-platform patterns.* Lead the migration of existing and legacy interfaces to the shared design system, using AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate the process at scale.* Drive design-to-code alignment between Figma and production, establishing practical workflows that connect design, design system code, and production.* Partner closely with engineers to translate design system foundations into production, accelerate component migration, identify inconsistencies, and improve adoption across products.* Identify and implement AI-assisted opportunities to automate repetitive design system work, including audits, component mapping, documentation, and migration.* Establish clear design system standards and review mechanisms that prevent teams from creating redundant or non-compliant components and ensure new work aligns with the shared system.* Work closely with Product and Engineering leads to ensure the design system accelerates product development rather than creating additional processes or rework.* Mentor designers on implementation-aware design, token usage, systems thinking, and AI-enabled workflows.* Create practical documentation, examples, and guidelines that help product teams correctly adopt and extend the design system.**Qualifications*** 7+ years in Product Design, Design Systems, or UX Engineering roles.* Proven track record building, evolving, and implementing production-ready design systems at scale.* Deep expertise in token architecture, theming, component variants, accessibility, and cross-platform design systems.* Strong Figma skills and understanding of design system best practices, governance, and design-to-code workflows.* Hands-on experience with React, ShadCN, and Tailwind CSS, as well as Kotlin/Jetpack Compose and Material 3, with a strong understanding of how design system components, tokens, and patterns are implemented in production code.* Demonstrated ability to use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design system work, including migration, auditing, component generation or mapping, documentation, and design-to-code workflows.* Strong understanding of front-end implementation and the ability to collaborate directly with engineers on production design system components.* Clear communicator who can align design and engineering around shared conventions and technical constraints.**Nice‐to‐have*** Experience in fintech, commerce, POS, or SaaS product environments.* Experience migrating legacy design systems or products to a new unified system.* Experience using AI to automate or accelerate design system implementation, auditing, and migration.* Experience contributing directly to design system code or front-end repositories.* Experience with Storybook, Style Dictionary, or other token pipeline tooling.* Background in prototyping advanced or AI-assisted user experiences.* Comfort working with payment terminal UI constraints and hardware-specific design patterns.## **What success looks like*** Legacy products have a clear path toward the shared design foundation, with migration prioritized based on product impact and engineering feasibility.* The shared design system is successfully adopted across web, mobile, and POS products, with legacy experiences progressively migrated to the new foundation.* Product teams ship faster because the design system accelerates decisions instead of creating rework.* Figma and production stay tightly aligned, with designers and engineers working from a consistent source of truth.* AI-assisted workflows meaningfully accelerate design system migration, auditing, documentation, and design-to-code workflows.* The design team produces more consistent, implementation-aware work.* New features move from concept to production faster without sacrificing UX quality.* The system has modern, maintainable foundations that scale as Shift4 adds products, platforms, and people.