Senior Design Technologist, AI-Driven Design Systems

WarnerMedia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery seeks a Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems, who operates at the intersection of design, engineering, and AI to translate design intent into scalable UI and AI-augmented workflows.

You will join CNN’s Digital Product Design Team to build and grow reusable libraries that empower speed and innovation across CNN’s multi‑platform experiences. You will collaborate with product, engineering, research, editorial, analytics, and content strategy to implement world-class

Qualifications

• 6+ years in a design technologist, UX/UI engineer, or product designer role.
• Expert proficiency with Figma and design tokens.
• Experience creating and maintaining component libraries.
• Strong front-end development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Understanding of design systems, components, and tokens.
• Proficiency with an IDE like Cursor or Claude; AI familiarity.

Responsibilities

• AI Integration in Design Workflows across design systems.
• Bridge Design, Engineering, and AI to enable scalable UI.
• Ensure high-quality UX in AI-assisted interfaces.
• Develop scalable, reusable UI components aligned with design tokens.
• Improve design-to-code workflows with automation and AI augmentation.
• Champion accessibility and responsible AI practices.

Skills

Figma proficiency

HTML/CSS/JS

Design systems

Design tokens

AI capabilities

Cross-functional collaboration

Frontend engineering

Accessibility

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Warner Bros. Discovery seeks a Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems, who operates at the intersection of design, engineering, and AI to translate design intent into scalable UI and AI-augmented workflows.

You will join CNN’s Digital Product Design Team to build and grow reusable libraries that empower speed and innovation across CNN’s multi‑platform experiences. You will collaborate with product, engineering, research, editorial, analytics, and content strategy to implement world-class