Lead Design Systems Engineer - Remote & AI-Ready

CSAA Insurance Group; South Carolina; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to shape the enterprise design system for AI-enabled experiences. You will own the technical foundation, translate UX standards into scalable assets, and collaborate across UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture to enable reuse across products and channels.

You will extend the design system to AI, define governance, and drive adoption with a focus on maintainability, observability, and scalable patterns that support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, or experience architecture.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering with a modern component framework.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens and component libraries.
• Experience with design-to-code workflows and tools connecting design assets to production components.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development tools and context/skills/tool definitions.
• Ability to define structure and direction of a shared system and partner with Engineering/Architecture.
• Strong written communication for docs and standards.
• Ability to influence across design and engineering teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving standards.
• Ability to translate between design and engineering audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical structure of the enterprise design system.
• Translate approved patterns into scalable code structures.
• Maintain the connection between design tooling and code for production.
• Define asset structuring, governance, and versioning in code.
• Collaborate to adapt design systems for platforms like Pega and Guidewire.
• Contribute processes for shared assets without disrupting teams.
• Define criteria for shared assets vs product-specific assets.
• Extend the design system to AI and maintain foundations, capabilities, interfaces, patterns, and observability.
• Make system assets discoverable with clear descriptions.
• Define guardrails and governance with AI governance.
• Ensure one coherent system across human and AI experiences.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

API design

Design tokens

AI tooling

Documentation

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to shape the enterprise design system for AI-enabled experiences. You will own the technical foundation, translate UX standards into scalable assets, and collaborate across UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture to enable reuse across products and channels.

You will extend the design system to AI, define governance, and drive adoption with a focus on maintainability, observability, and scalable patterns that support