Staff/Principal Design Systems Lead

📋 Description

• Set the system's vision and direction
• Build the foundations hands-on
• Build and lead the team that owns the system
• Elevate Render's visual and interaction design
• Make the system legible to AI, not just humans
• Guide technical architecture with engineering

🎯 Requirements

• A track record of setting direction and delivering outcomes in design systems or design engineering
• Exceptional visual and interaction design skills
• Deep systems thinking, and experience building systems other teams actually adopt
• Strong technical fluency
• Hands-on use of AI in your work, and a real point of view on AI-ready design systems
• Strong product judgment and developer empathy

🎁 Benefits

• 4 weeks of paid vacation
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans
• 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage
• Monthly lifestyle stipend
• Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy