Remote Design Systems Architect Senior (Figma)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Designer to own how client design systems are built. You will transform brands and reference sites into working systems with tokens, variables, modes, and scalable components for a full build pipeline.

This is a senior, systems-first role across multiple client brands. The position requires deep experience in design systems, strong English communication, and overlapping US business hours.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of web design experience with design system work in portfolio.
• Fluency with Figma variables, component properties, auto layout and variants.
• Portfolio shows multi-client work with consistent design system rigor.
• Strong English, with overlap to US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming for pipeline readability.
• Ship core component libraries that scale across sites, not just homepages.
• Document the system so developers or pipelines can reproduce it without questions.
• Collaborate across multiple client brands with consistent structural rigor.

Skills

Web design

Design systems

Figma variables

Auto layout

Variants

Figma

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a senior Design Systems Designer to own how client design systems are built. You will transform brands and reference sites into working systems with tokens, variables, modes, and scalable components for a full build pipeline.

This is a senior, systems-first role across multiple client brands. The position requires deep experience in design systems, strong English communication, and overlapping US business hours.