Lead Design Systems Engineer - Remote

CSAA Insurance Group; New York (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is hiring a Lead Design Technologist to shape the enterprise design system and its AI-ready foundations. You will translate UX standards into scalable, reusable technical assets including components, design tokens, APIs, and shared packages across cross-functional teams.

You will drive adoption, governance, and interoperability with platforms like Pega and Guidewire, ensuring consistency across products and AI-enabled experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, or experience architecture.
• Ability to translate design intent into scalable technical implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System and define its components, tokens, and patterns.
• Translate approved UX patterns into scalable code structures, APIs, tokens, and shared packages.
• Maintain connections between design tooling and code to ensure production implementation accuracy.
• Define how design-system assets are structured, governed, and versioned for reuse across products.
• Collaborate with UX, platform teams, and AI governance to adapt assets for third-party platforms.
• Establish processes to contribute, update, deprecate, and version shared assets without disrupting teams.
• Ensure alignment between design standards and enterprise architecture in delivery.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

API design

Design tokens

AI awareness

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is hiring a Lead Design Technologist to shape the enterprise design system and its AI-ready foundations. You will translate UX standards into scalable, reusable technical assets including components, design tokens, APIs, and shared packages across cross-functional teams.

You will drive adoption, governance, and interoperability with platforms like Pega and Guidewire, ensuring consistency across products and AI-enabled experiences.