Design Systems Lead (Remote, Guadalajara)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; United States; On-site; 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

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Design Systems Lead at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

Blacksmith Agency

• Design


• Full time


• Remote (Latin America)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Design Systems Lead at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

This is a senior, systems-first seat. Not one-off pages, not maintenance. You stand up new systems fast and get them right the first time, across several client brands at once.

What You Will Own

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.


• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.


• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.


• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor.

What You Bring

• 4+ years designing for the web, with real design system work in your portfolio.


• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants. Actual architecture, not just tidy files.


• A portfolio where the work looks different from client to client but the rigor underneath is the same.


• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.