Remote Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems & AI

CSAA Insurance Group; Colorado; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to work remotely. You will lead the technical structure of the enterprise design system, translating UX patterns into scalable code, APIs, and shared packages used across products and AI-enabled experiences.

You will collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and AI governance to extend the system to AI, define tokens, and ensure consistent design-to-code connections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, design technology, or experience architecture.
• Strong hands-on front-end engineering experience with a modern component framework, including component structure, composition, and API design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System.
• Translate UX patterns and decisions into scalable code, including APIs, design tokens, and shared packages.
• Maintain and version shared design-system assets for reuse across products and platforms.
• Ensure design-system assets translate cleanly to third-party platforms (e.g., Pega, Guidewire).
• Define governance for updating, deprecating, and distributing shared assets without disrupting teams.
• Extend the design system to AI by defining prompts, tool definitions, MCP servers, and observable metrics.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

API design

Design tokens

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Component framework

MCP servers

AI-assisted tools

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems to work remotely. You will lead the technical structure of the enterprise design system, translating UX patterns into scalable code, APIs, and shared packages used across products and AI-enabled experiences.

You will collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, Architecture, and AI governance to extend the system to AI, define tokens, and ensure consistent design-to-code connections.