Lead Design Technologist – Enterprise Design Systems (Remote)

CSAA Insurance Group; Arizona; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to shape the technical foundation of our enterprise design system and AI-enabled experiences. This senior role focuses on building scalable, reusable assets and governance across products and channels.

You will lead the technical structure, tokens, APIs, and shared packages, partnering with UX, Engineering, and platform teams to translate design intent into production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems or front-end engineering.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering with modern component frameworks.
• Experience governing design tokens and component libraries at enterprise scale.
• Familiarity with design-to-code workflows and tooling that connect design assets to production components.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System.
• Define and maintain the technical structure of the design system, including components, tokens, patterns, and shared packages.
• Translate patterns and decisions into scalable code structures (APIs, tokens, packages).
• Maintain connection between design tooling and production code to ensure consistency.
• Define asset structuring, governance, and versioning for reusable assets across products.
• Collaborate with UX and platform teams to translate design standards into third-party platforms (e.g., Pega, Guidewire).
• Define contribution, deprecation, and versioning processes for shared assets.

Skills

8+ years in design systems/front-end

Modern component framework

Tokens & design libraries governance

Design-to-code workflows

AI-assisted development tools

Strong written communication

Influence across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

MCP servers

Design tokens management

Shared packages tooling

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to shape the technical foundation of our enterprise design system and AI-enabled experiences. This senior role focuses on building scalable, reusable assets and governance across products and channels.

You will lead the technical structure, tokens, APIs, and shared packages, partnering with UX, Engineering, and platform teams to translate design intent into production-ready solutions.