Lead Design Systems Technologist - Remote AI & UX

CSAA Insurance Group; Kentucky; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, for a remote enterprise role. You will build and evolve the technical foundation that enables consistent, high-quality digital and AI experiences across CSAA.

Working with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and Platform teams, you will translate design intent into scalable assets, APIs, and tokens, driving reuse, governance, and adoption across products and AI-enabled services.

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 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 the tools that connect design assets to production components.
• Working fluency with AI-assisted development tools and a practical understanding of how AI models use context, skills, and tool definitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System.
• Extend the Design System to AI.
• Enable Design-to-Development Readiness.
• Partner with Engineering and Architecture on Realization.
• Drive Adoption and Self-Sufficiency.
• Partner Across the Design System Ecosystem.
• Contribute to the Practice.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

Design tokens

API design

AI model context

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation & standards

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group (CSAA IG) is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, for a remote enterprise role. You will build and evolve the technical foundation that enables consistent, high-quality digital and AI experiences across CSAA.

Working with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and Platform teams, you will translate design intent into scalable assets, APIs, and tokens, driving reuse, governance, and adoption across products and AI-enabled services.