Design Systems Lead - Remote (Latin America)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own tokens, variables, modes and component libraries in Figma, shipping scalable design systems across client sites.

This full-time, in-house role requires deep Figma experience, hands-on token architecture, and the ability to hand off to developers while keeping design and code in sync. You will collaborate with US-based teams and manage multiple client brands with consistency.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a product, UI or design systems designer, ideally in-house.
• A design system built in Figma with tokens, variables and modes, and the ability to walkthrough in detail.
• Experience handing a system to developers and keeping Figma and code in sync.
• Strong spoken English; able to present and defend the system on live calls with a US team.
• Full-time availability overlapping US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Token architecture in Figma: variables, modes and semantic naming, from primitives to semantic to component level.
• Component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Handoff and documentation that let a developer or a build pipeline execute the system without questions.
• Manage several client brands at once, each distinct, with the same structure underneath.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Token architecture

English communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own tokens, variables, modes and component libraries in Figma, shipping scalable design systems across client sites.

This full-time, in-house role requires deep Figma experience, hands-on token architecture, and the ability to hand off to developers while keeping design and code in sync. You will collaborate with US-based teams and manage multiple client brands with consistency.