Remote Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems & AI

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

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems—Remote. You will shape the technical foundation for enterprise design assets, tokens, and APIs, partnering with UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture to create scalable, reusable components and AI-ready systems.

As a senior IC, you will own the enterprise design system structure, set governance, and drive adoption across teams. You will prototype, mentor, and ensure consistent experiences across products and AI-enabled

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in design systems, front-end engineering, or experience architecture.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens, component libraries, and the technical expression of reusable UX patterns at scale.
• Practical experience with design-to-code workflows and the tools that connect design assets to production components.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to influence across design and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical structure of the design system, including components, tokens, patterns, and shared packages.
• Translate approved patterns and decisions into scalable structures in code, including APIs and tokens.
• Maintain the connection between design tooling and production code to ensure accuracy.
• Define how design-system assets are structured, governed, and versioned in code for cross-product reuse.
• Collaborate with UX, Engineering, Architecture to translate design standards into platform implementations (e.g., Pega, Guidewire).
• Extend the system assets for AI models and agents, including prompts, capabilities, interfaces, and governance.
• Drive adoption, self-service, and documentation to enable teams to use shared assets independently.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

API design

Design tokens

AI context understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

MCP servers

Component APIs

Tokens governance

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist for Design Systems—Remote. You will shape the technical foundation for enterprise design assets, tokens, and APIs, partnering with UX, CX, Engineering, and Architecture to create scalable, reusable components and AI-ready systems.

As a senior IC, you will own the enterprise design system structure, set governance, and drive adoption across teams. You will prototype, mentor, and ensure consistent experiences across products and AI-enabled