Lead Design Systems Architect (AI-Driven)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HighLevel is seeking a Lead Product Designer, Design Systems to shape the design system behind HighLevel's product experience, used by product teams across the company and by our developer community. You have spent 7+ years designing complex digital products and evolving design systems used by multiple teams.

As a lead individual contributor, you will mentor designers, define tokens, templates and guidance, and partner closely with front-end engineers and product teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant product design experience, including building or leading a multi-team design system.
• Exceptional portfolio with system-level case study covering role, architecture, governance and measurable impact.
• Advanced visual and interaction design craft with emphasis on hierarchy, layout, typography and usability.
• Expert command of design systems tooling and token pipelines, scalable across teams and AI tools.
• Strong front-end knowledge (HTML, CSS) and familiarity with React or Vue.
• Hands-on experience prototyping with AI coding tools to test primitives and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution for one or more areas of the design system grounded in product needs and data.
• Define and evolve visual foundations including tokens, theming, color, typography and spacing.
• Design and refine components and patterns with attention to states, variants and accessibility.
• Create primitives, templates and starter kits to accelerate AI-enabled development.
• Document rules for tooling and ensure alignment between Figma, docs and code.
• Collaborate with front-end engineers on token architecture and APIs.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

Figma

React

Vue

Accessibility

Leadership

AI tools

HTML/CSS

Collaboration

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

HighLevel is seeking a Lead Product Designer, Design Systems to shape the design system behind HighLevel's product experience, used by product teams across the company and by our developer community. You have spent 7+ years designing complex digital products and evolving design systems used by multiple teams.

As a lead individual contributor, you will mentor designers, define tokens, templates and guidance, and partner closely with front-end engineers and product teams.