Senior Design Systems Technologist — Remote

CSAA Insurance Group; Oregon; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, to architect and evolve the technical foundation for enterprise design assets, APIs, tokens, and shared packages. You will collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, and AI teams to ensure scalable, reusable solutions across applications and AI-enabled experiences.

You will lead adoption, governance, and cross-team partnerships, shaping design-to-code workflows and ensuring一致 implementation, with a strong focus on AI

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.
• Experience implementing and governing design tokens, component libraries, and the technical expression of reusable UX patterns at enterprise scale.
• Practical experience with design-to-code workflows and tools that connect design assets to production components.
• Working fluency with AI-assisted development tools and understanding of context, skills, and tool definitions.
• Ability to define structure and direction of a shared system and partner with Engineering/Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Structure of the Enterprise Design System.
• Translate UX patterns into scalable code structures including APIs, tokens, and shared packages.
• Maintain linkage between design tooling and code for accurate production implementation.
• Define asset structuring, governance, and versioning in code for reuse across products.
• Collaborate with UX and platform teams to adapt assets for third-party platforms.
• Contribute to governance of shared assets and decide what becomes a shared asset vs. product-specific.
• Extend the design system foundations to AI models, agents, and governance controls.
• Support adoption across teams and ensure self-sufficiency through documentation and enablement.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Design systems

Design tokens

APIs

Communication

AI context understanding

Influence across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Component framework

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Lead Design Technologist, Design Systems, to architect and evolve the technical foundation for enterprise design assets, APIs, tokens, and shared packages. You will collaborate with UX, CX, Engineering, and AI teams to ensure scalable, reusable solutions across applications and AI-enabled experiences.

You will lead adoption, governance, and cross-team partnerships, shaping design-to-code workflows and ensuring一致 implementation, with a strong focus on AI