Remote Design Systems Lead & AI UI Architect

Samsara; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 137,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Samsara is hiring a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale our design system, defining components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for both people and agents. You’ll work across design and code to ship interactive UI for web and mobile, codifying principles and accessibility standards.

This role is remote for US residents. You’ll help shape how quickly teams can build, how reliably products behave, and how confidently customers use them, with a strong emphasis on design systems, tokens, and a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design engineering, design systems, product design, or front-end engineering.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.
• Shipped design system or component library with portfolio, case studies, or code samples.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills, with good judgment on when to reuse patterns.
• Experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility standards.
• Experience with AI tools in design practice (e.g., generation tools) with shipped work.
• Experience partnering with designers, engineers, and product managers on short cycles.

Responsibilities

• Develop core system components, evals, and feedback loops to harden AI design and code generation.
• Govern taste through structure, preventing ai slop from entering customers’ hands.
• Make sure system decisions translate into code with shared ownership of quality and performance.
• Build accessibility, responsiveness, and performance into the system by default.
• Set contribution, governance, and deprecation models balancing speed with integrity.
• Meet regularly with designers and engineers to incorporate feedback and usage data.
• Share AI tools, workflows, and tactics with design and engineering teams.
• Champion Samsara’s cultural principles as the company scales globally.

Skills

Design engineering

Design systems

Product design

Front-end engineering

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or HCI

Tools

Design tokens

Design system libraries

Job description

Samsara is hiring a Lead Design Engineer to build and scale our design system, defining components, patterns, tokens, and guidelines for both people and agents. You’ll work across design and code to ship interactive UI for web and mobile, codifying principles and accessibility standards.

This role is remote for US residents. You’ll help shape how quickly teams can build, how reliably products behave, and how confidently customers use them, with a strong emphasis on design systems, tokens, and a