Lead Design Systems Technologist — Remote & AI

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

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to drive the enterprise design system and its AI-enabled extensions. You will translate UX intent into scalable code, APIs, and shared assets, partnering with UX, engineering, and platform teams to ensure consistency across products and channels.

You will lead the technical structure, governance, and adoption of design-system assets, guiding tokenization, component libraries, and MCP-based tooling for enterprise-scale experiences.

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 a modern component framework.
• Experience implementing design tokens and component libraries at scale.
• Ability to translate design intent into scalable technical assets and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical structure of the enterprise design system.
• Translate UX decisions into scalable code structures, APIs, and shared assets.
• Extend design-system foundations for AI models, prompts, and interfaces.
• Collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and platform teams to realize assets.
• Drive adoption, documentation, and self-service capabilities across teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

MCP servers

Design system tooling

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist to drive the enterprise design system and its AI-enabled extensions. You will translate UX intent into scalable code, APIs, and shared assets, partnering with UX, engineering, and platform teams to ensure consistency across products and channels.

You will lead the technical structure, governance, and adoption of design-system assets, guiding tokenization, component libraries, and MCP-based tooling for enterprise-scale experiences.