Principal Design Technologist: AI Prototyping & Systems

Intuit; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 230,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit in Indianapolis is seeking a Principal Design Technologist to elevate the craft and scalability of our platform through ideal-state prototypes, motion design, and new tooling. You will bridge design and engineering to deliver intuitive, expressive Intuit experiences and advance AI-enabled workflows across teams.

As a hands-on design leader, you will shape principles, standards, and libraries for scalable prototyping, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations to deliver

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design technology, UX engineering, motion design, web development, or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record in pushing the boundaries of user interface design through experimentation, developing new tools and processes, and partnering with design, engineering, data science, and research teams.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into your design workflow to improve quality, speed, or exploration.
• Organized, self-directed, efficient and able to manage multiple and complex projects in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of tools that allow designers to create prototypes using real production components and customer data.
• Lead the development of principles, standards, scalable practices, frameworks, and libraries in prototypes and motion in service to design.
• Inspire, advise, provoke, and lead the organization through provocations and proofs of concept that show what's possible in the medium of UI code.
• Design experiences that make AI-powered features intuitive, transparent, and trustworthy for a diverse range of users.
• Creatively innovate within the UI in both existing and target state tech stacks.
• Enable pixel-perfect execution for design and engineering across platforms. Unblock and accelerate team members to deliver with unparalleled quality and speed.
• Streamline design processes by leading style guide and token driven design/development.
• Architect scalable code-based design systems that have design intention built in.
• Partner with senior leaders and galvanize the org to act with game-changing prototyping, product features and concepts.
• Champion outside-in, customer-centered thinking from early exploration through refinement of every touchpoint, balancing craft, scalability, and business outcomes.
• Influence cross-functional leaders and partners in a matrixed environment, driving bold experiences that elevate quality and platform coherence.
• Thoughtfully integrate agentic AI into product experiences, defining how intelligent systems show up in ways that feel natural, helpful, and human.
• Elevate the craft and cohesion of our platform experiences so they feel intuitive, expressive, and distinctly Intuit.

Skills

Design technology

UX engineering

Motion design

Web development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / HCI / Design

Job description

Intuit in Indianapolis is seeking a Principal Design Technologist to elevate the craft and scalability of our platform through ideal-state prototypes, motion design, and new tooling. You will bridge design and engineering to deliver intuitive, expressive Intuit experiences and advance AI-enabled workflows across teams.

As a hands-on design leader, you will shape principles, standards, and libraries for scalable prototyping, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations to deliver