Principal Design Systems Designer
Core
Building a foundational, AI-native design system and prompt-to-production pipeline for a life insurance tech platform to enable reliable, on-brand UI creation by designers, PMs, and engineers.
Role type
Principal Design Systems Designer (0-1 builder)
Builds
A coherent design system pipeline integrating Figma, Cursor/Claude Code, and Storybook for life insurance products.
Domain
Life insurance technology / AI-assisted design workflows
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
End-to-end design system ownership, design-to-code integration, token strategy, component lifecycle management, accessibility standards, AI-assisted design workflows, stakeholder alignment, ambiguity navigation
Preferred skills
Experience with Cursor/Claude Code, pragmatic adoption processes, front-end architecture knowledge
Technologies
Figma, Cursor, Claude Code, Storybook, WCAG
Responsibilities
Audit and standardize existing UI artifacts, define system information architecture for human and AI use, create prioritization plans, ship scalable token strategies, partner with engineers on component APIs, own component lifecycle, build contribution processes, create machine-readable documentation, define AI agent integration points, track adoption and quality metrics.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
