Lead Design Systems Technologist — Remote & AI-Ready

CSAA; New Mexico; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist - Design Systems for a remote role. You will build and evolve the technical foundation for consistent digital and AI experiences across CSAA, translating UX standards into scalable, reusable assets such as components, tokens, APIs, and shared packages.

You will lead the enterprise design system's technical structure, collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and AI governance, and extend the system to AI capabilities,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, or experience architecture.
• Technical ownership or stewardship of a design system implemented in code.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering experience with a modern component framework.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens, component libraries, and the technical expression of reusable UX patterns at enterprise scale.
• Practical experience with design-to-code workflows and tools connecting design assets to production components.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development tools and understanding of how AI models use context, skills, and tool definitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System.
• Translate UX patterns into scalable structures in code, including component APIs and design tokens.
• Maintain connection between design tooling and code for production implementation.
• Define how assets are structured, versioned, and reused across products.
• Collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and Workflow and Systems Design.
• Extend the Design System to AI with foundations, capabilities, interfaces, patterns, and evaluation.
• Drive adoption, governance, and self-sufficiency of shared system assets.
• Partner with Engineering and Architecture on system realization and governance.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design tokens

API design

AI tooling

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist - Design Systems for a remote role. You will build and evolve the technical foundation for consistent digital and AI experiences across CSAA, translating UX standards into scalable, reusable assets such as components, tokens, APIs, and shared packages.

You will lead the enterprise design system's technical structure, collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and AI governance, and extend the system to AI capabilities,