Design Systems Lead - Remote, Build Robust Token Systems

Blacksmith Agency LLC; United States; Remote; MXN 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in Latin America

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built, extracting patterns into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute.

This is a systems-first seat—not one-off pages or maintenance. You stand up new systems quickly and get them right the first time, across several client brands at once. You will ship robust libraries in Figma and document the system so developers can run it without questions.

Qualifications

• This role requires extensive experience building design systems for multiple brands.
• Strong portfolio showing token architecture, components, and scalable patterns.
• Excellent command of Figma variables, auto layout, and semantic naming.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across entire sites.
• Document the system so developers or pipelines can execute it.
• Work across several client brands with the same structural rigor.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Tokens & variables

Component libraries

Multi-brand design

Tools

Figma

Design tokens

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built, extracting patterns into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute.

This is a systems-first seat—not one-off pages or maintenance. You stand up new systems quickly and get them right the first time, across several client brands at once. You will ship robust libraries in Figma and document the system so developers can run it without questions.