Technical Design System Lead
Core
Own the strategic direction, architecture, and adoption of a scalable design system infrastructure for a large consumer-facing product organization, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and speed across design and engineering teams.
Role type
Senior Technical Design System Lead (Product & Infrastructure)
Builds
A comprehensive, versioned library of reusable React components, design tokens, and documentation serving multiple product teams.
Domain
Consumer technology / Design Systems / Front-end Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design system strategy & roadmap planning, React component development, design token architecture (Figma to code), accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.2 AA), Storybook management, contribution model governance, product mindset.
Preferred skills
Experience scaling design systems in large organizations, bridging design intent with engineering implementation, automated accessibility testing pipelines.
Technologies
React, Figma, Storybook, WCAG 2.2 AA
Responsibilities
Define and maintain the design system roadmap and vision; architect and govern design tokens and component libraries; ensure WCAG 2.2 AA compliance and build automated accessibility testing; collaborate with engineering leads on implementation and adoption; produce comprehensive documentation and usage guidelines.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
