Lead Design Systems Technologist (Remote)

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

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group seeks a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to shape the enterprise design-system technology and AI-ready foundations. You will guide token and API strategy, align with UX and platform teams, and create reusable assets for scalable, consistent digital experiences across CSAA's products and AI-enabled interfaces.

The role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, architecture, and workflow design, with a focus on governance, adoption, and cross-team enablement in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, design technology, or experience architecture.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering with modern component framework.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens, component libraries, and the technical expression of reusable UX patterns.
• Practical experience with design-to-code workflows and tools connecting design assets to production components.
• Fluent with AI-assisted development tools and AI context usage.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical structure of the design system, including components, tokens, patterns, and shared packages.
• Translate UX patterns into scalable structures in code, including APIs and tokens.
• Maintain connection between design tooling and code to ensure production accuracy.
• Define how design-system assets are structured, governed, and versioned in code.
• Collaborate with UX and platform teams to adapt assets for third-party platforms like Pega and Guidewire.
• Define how to contribute, update, and version assets without disrupting dependent teams.
• Set criteria for shared assets vs. product-specific implementations.
• Extend the Design System to AI and establish foundations, capabilities, interfaces, and patterns.
• Drive adoption through documentation, enablement materials, and self-service.

Skills

Front-end engineering

API design

Design system

AI-assisted tools

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Design tokens

Component libraries

MCP servers

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group seeks a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to shape the enterprise design-system technology and AI-ready foundations. You will guide token and API strategy, align with UX and platform teams, and create reusable assets for scalable, consistent digital experiences across CSAA's products and AI-enabled interfaces.

The role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, architecture, and workflow design, with a focus on governance, adoption, and cross-team enablement in a