Remote Web Design Systems Architect

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Web Design Systems Designer to own client design systems across US brands. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a working system of tokens, variables, modes, and core components for a scalable build pipeline.

You will collaborate across several client brands, ensuring design rigor and consistency while delivering frontend-ready systems and documentation for developers and automation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work in portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout and variants.
• Portfolio showing work across client brands with consistent design rigor.
• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes and semantic naming.
• Ship core component libraries that scale across entire sites.
• Document the system so developers or pipelines can execute it.
• Collaborate across multiple client brands with consistent structural rigor.

Skills

Web design

Design systems

Figma variables

Component properties

Auto layout

English fluency

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Web Design Systems Designer to own client design systems across US brands. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites into a working system of tokens, variables, modes, and core components for a scalable build pipeline.

You will collaborate across several client brands, ensuring design rigor and consistency while delivering frontend-ready systems and documentation for developers and automation.