Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems, CNN

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

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role...

We are seeking a Design Technologist who operates at the intersection of design, engineering, and emerging AI capabilities. This role is responsible for translating design intent into scalable, system-driven UI while also identifying how AI can augment, accelerate, and transform design system workflows.

As a Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems you are a member of the world‑class CNN Digital Product Design Team, which is responsible for creating industry‑leading new experiences consumed by millions of audiences across the globe. You are both a builder and a systems thinker, someone who not only built and maintained design systems, but also understands how to apply AI across design and development processes (e.g., token generation, component scaffolding, content generation, and workflow automation).

The Vossi Design System team is responsible for building and maintaining CNN’s multi‑platform design system. This is an incredible opportunity to envision and implement a world‑class, scalable design system.

The Senior Design Technologist is a talented designer & design engineer who enjoys collaborating with product, engineering, research, editorial, analytics, content strategy and other designers to build and grow reusable libraries that supports speed and innovation towards a stellar end user experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact the entirety of CNN’s digital experience, and at the same time impact CNN’s bottom line.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• AI Integration in Design Workflows
• Bridge Design, Engineering, and AI
• Help teams understand feasibility, constraints, and ethical considerations of AI-powered features
• Advocate for high-quality UX in AI-assisted or AI-generated interfaces
• Identify and implement opportunities to integrate AI into design system workflows, such as:
  • Generating or maintaining design tokens (color, spacing, typography) programmatically
  • Automating component creation, documentation, or testing
  • Assisting with layout generation, content population, or variant exploration
  • Ensure design system artifact s are consumable by AI models, MCPs or other AI‑powered tools
  • Collaborate with data/ML teams when needed to integrate intelligent or adaptive UI behaviors
• Design System Engineering
  • Build and maintain scalable, reusable UI components aligned with design tokens and system architecture
  • Ensure consistency between design artifacts (e.g., Figma) and production code
  • Contribute to system documentation, usage guidelines, and governance models
  • Partner with engineering to ensure performant, accessible implementations
  • Enable and empower feature teams to collaborate and contribute on design system enhancements
• Tooling & Workflow Innovation
  • Develop internal tools, scripts, plugins, or pipelines to improve efficiency across design and engineering
  • Optimize design-to-code workflows using automation and AI augmentation
  • Contribute to experimentation frameworks that enable rapid testing of new ideas
• Quality, Accessibility & Responsible AI
  • Ensure pixel accuracy, responsiveness, and performance across UI implementations
  • Champion accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
  • Advocate for responsible AI usage, including transparency, bias mitigation, and user trust
  • Conduct audits of both UI quality and AI‑assisted outputs

Qualifications & Experience...

• 6+ years in a relevant role such as a design technologist, UX/UI engineer, or product designer.
• Enterprise, platforms and/or internal tools experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate AI into the design workflow to test ideas more efficiently and communicate solutions with greater speed and clarity
• Expert proficiency with Figma 124.4+ including variable maintenance, components, styles, and shared libraries
• Experience creating and maintaining component libraries
• Strong front‑end development skills in a major framework (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Deep understanding of design systems, component architecture, and design tokens
• Proficiency using an IDE (such as Cursor or Claude)
• Solid grounding in interaction design, visual design, and UX principles
• Familiarity with current AI capabilities (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, multimodal systems)
• Understanding of prompt design, structured outputs, or API‑based AI integrations
• Ability to evaluate AI outputs for quality, bias, and usability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience collaborating with cross‑functional partners such as Engineering, Program management, and Product management

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit the accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $98,280.00 - $182,520.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program‑specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.