Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TasteMakers is a curated network of designers, creative technologists, and engineers working on projects with leading AI labs and tech companies. They are seeking design systems experts to work on production-grade design systems, building and implementing them in code while ensuring adherence to design specifications.
Responsibilities
- Build complete design systems in Figma: tokens (color, type, spacing, radius), component libraries with variants and states, and golden screens composed exclusively from library components
- Envision product designs from scratch, implementing/using existing design systems, maintaining strict adherence to the design systems
- Implement design systems as coded component libraries: React, Storybook (v8), token pipelines (e.g., Style Dictionary), and variant patterns (e.g., CVA)
- Defining Design Systems from Scratch
- Designing new interfaces applying design systems
- Coding/implementing new interfaces following design systems
- Finding errors/bugs in design systems
- Catching mistakes in design systems applications or critiquing design systems
Skills
- 4+ years building or implementing design systems professionally (in-house design systems team, agency, or design-engineering role)
- You have personally built and maintained a token-based system - not just consumed one
- Sharp eye for adherence: you notice when a corner radius, casing rule, or spacing value drifts from spec
- Strong written English, you can articulate exactly what's wrong and why, as if coaching another senior designer or engineer
- Comfortable with AI design tools (Claude, Figma AI features, etc.) or eager to work at that frontier
- Available for async, remote contract work with quick turnarounds, available to start immediately
- Familiarity with Tailwind, Style Dictionary, and CVA
Benefits
- You’ll gain access to events, other creative technologists and other perks!
- You’ll also become eligible for other paid projects!
- All projects with TasteMakers are Remote, Work from Anywhere, and paid hourly via Independent Contractor.
- We hire globally, and pay competitive rates in USD.
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