Web Design Systems Designer (Remote, San Jose)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Web Design Systems Designer to own how client design systems are built, extracting patterns from brands and reference sites into a reusable token/variable system for a build pipeline. You will ship core components across multiple sites and document the system for developers or automation.

You bring 4+ years of web design experience with real design system work, fluency in Figma, and a portfolio showing client-diverse work with consistent underlying rigor.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work in your portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants. Architecture, not just tidy files.
• A portfolio where client work varies but underlying rigor remains the same.
• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once with the same structural rigor.

Skills

Web design systems

Figma variables

Component architecture

Portfolio quality

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Web Design Systems Designer at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

Blacksmith Agency

• Design
• Full time
• Remote (Latin America)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Web Design Systems Designer at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system: tokens, variables, modes, and core components a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions. Precision is the job.

What You Will Own

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor.

What You Bring

• 4+ years designing for the web, with real design system work in your portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants. Actual architecture, not just tidy files.
• A portfolio where the work looks different from client to client but the rigor underneath is the same.
• Strong English and overlap with US business hours.