Senior Design Systems Engineer - Remote (Figma)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; United States; Remote; MXN 1,846,000 - 2,585,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Engineer to take ownership of client design systems from concept to delivery. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites to build token architectures, modes, and components that a build pipeline can execute with precision.

This senior, systems-first role focuses on rapid, correct setup across multiple client brands, not one-off pages or maintenance, with strong emphasis on scalable design systems and documentation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work in portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants.
• A portfolio showing client work with consistent design system 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 hold up across entire sites, not just landing pages.
• Document the system so developers or automated pipelines can execute it.
• Work across several client brands at once with consistent structural rigor.

Skills

Design systems

Web design

English communication

Figma

Tools

Figma

Auto layout

Variants

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Engineer to take ownership of client design systems from concept to delivery. You will extract patterns from brands and reference sites to build token architectures, modes, and components that a build pipeline can execute with precision.

This senior, systems-first role focuses on rapid, correct setup across multiple client brands, not one-off pages or maintenance, with strong emphasis on scalable design systems and documentation.