Staff/Principal Design Systems Lead

Remote: United StatesFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-06

Core

Build an AI-ready design system infrastructure that enables designers, engineers, and AI agents to create on-brand experiences without manual review.

Role type

Staff/Principal Design Systems Lead (Founding)

Builds

AI-legible design system, machine-readable documentation, and agent-accessible system rules

Domain

Cloud infrastructure platform for AI-native applications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Design systems architecture, AI/LLM integration, technical implementation (code), team leadership, visual design, accessibility, quality evaluation

Preferred skills

Experience leading design engineering teams, building from ground up

Technologies

Figma, MCP (Model Context Protocol), AI agents

Responsibilities

Set system vision and direction, build foundational components and architecture hands-on, lead and develop the design systems team, elevate visual and interaction design standards, make the system legible to AI agents, guide technical architecture with engineering, define and measure quality including AI output, drive adoption across product teams

Seniority

Staff/Principal, hands-on IC with leadership scope

About Render

Render is an equal-opportunity employer. We know that employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, product, and community to flourish. We make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional, and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.