Figma Design Systems Lead – Remote In-House

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work (Latin America)

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Product Design Systems Designer to build and maintain scalable design systems in Figma, including tokens, variables, modes, and components. You will ensure handoff quality and keep Figma and code in sync as you manage several client brands.

The role requires 4+ years in product/UI/design systems, a design system you built in Figma, and strong English communication for live presentations with a US team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a product, UI or design systems designer, ideally on an in-house team.
• A design system you personally built in Figma with variables, modes and tokens, and can walk us through in detail.
• Experience handing a system to developers and keeping Figma and code in step.
• Strong spoken English and ability to defend your system on live calls with a US team.

Responsibilities

• Own token architecture in Figma: variables, modes and semantic naming, from primitives to semantic to component level.
• Build and maintain component libraries that scale across entire sites.
• Provide handoff and documentation enabling developers or build pipelines to implement the system without questions.
• Manage multiple client brands with a consistent underlying structure.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Handoff to devs

English communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Product Design Systems Designer to build and maintain scalable design systems in Figma, including tokens, variables, modes, and components. You will ensure handoff quality and keep Figma and code in sync as you manage several client brands.

The role requires 4+ years in product/UI/design systems, a design system you built in Figma, and strong English communication for live presentations with a US team.