Principal Designer: Design Systems & Cross-Tribe Architect

Mews; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid holiday

Company share program

Paid parental leave

Learning budget

Job summary

Mews is seeking a Principal Designer to own the design foundation—design system, cross-tribe substrates, and reusable design intelligence—enabling multiple product tribes to move fast without drifting apart. You will work directly with the VP and partner with Staff Designers to encode judgment into scalable systems that outlast individual projects.

The role focuses on architectural standards, research engines, and design governance, supporting the hospitality platform’s rapid growth while

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and maintaining design systems at scale.
• Ability to encode judgment into reusable design substrates across tribes.
• Experience partnering with senior design leadership and VP-level stakeholders.
• Strong vision for scalable design architecture and standards.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the division’s design foundation—the design system and cross-tribe substrates.
• Articulate multi-year design plans and drive them with conviction.
• Collaborate with Staff Designers to ensure coherent, scalable solutions across tribes.
• Partner with the VP on complex cross-tribe design problems.
• Encode design judgment into reusable components, tokens, patterns, and agents.
• Contribute to performance reviews through craft feedback and calibration.

Skills

Design system

Cross-tribe collaboration

AI-enabled design

Strategic product design

Job description

Mews is seeking a Principal Designer to own the design foundation—design system, cross-tribe substrates, and reusable design intelligence—enabling multiple product tribes to move fast without drifting apart. You will work directly with the VP and partner with Staff Designers to encode judgment into scalable systems that outlast individual projects.

The role focuses on architectural standards, research engines, and design governance, supporting the hospitality platform’s rapid growth while