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Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
Location
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Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$190K - $210K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
Kin Insurance
• Using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor), audit existing component libraries and live product experiences — mapping gaps, drift, and inconsistencies — to generate a data-backed plan to unify and streamline the system. • Own and drive Kin's token architecture across color, typography, spacing, and motion, structured as primitive, semantic, and component tokens, as the single source of truth for design and code. • Experience designing token systems that scale across different contexts -- internal tools, customer-facing apps, or multi-brand surfaces -- with an architecture that can flex without fragmenting. • Establish and maintain Figma-to-code parity, partnering with engineering on the pipeline from design tokens to implemented, documented components. • Introduce new components and patterns thoughtfully as Kin moves into new product domains, ensuring the system grows with intention rather than sprawl. • Define the contribution model and governance — versioning, changelogs, intake, and quality bars — and implement automated guardrails that let teams extend the system without fragmentation. • Build the single source of truth that replaces disparate tools as the canonical reference for Kin's design patterns. • Advocate for accessibility in components so teams inherit it by default, using automated testing and AI-assisted audits to proactively identify compliance gaps. • Partner across Product, Engineering, and embedded domain designers to make the system the easiest path to a cohesive, on-brand experience across every surface.
Job Requirements
- A track record of taking a design system from audit through architecture to adoption — you treat the system as a product, not a deliverable.
- Significant visual and product design experience, commonly 7+ years, with a meaningful stretch focused specifically on design systems work.
- Deep fluency in token architecture (primitive / semantic / component) and mastery of Figma as a systems tool — variables, libraries, and modes.
- Proven ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate manual tasks, automate documentation, and speed up the design-to-code feedback loop.
- The ability to influence without authority — you set direction and bring partners along across a federated org without relying on positional power.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and 0-to-1 spaces, where the structure doesn't exist yet and you're the one building it.
- Bonus if you have:
- Experience in insurance, fintech, or other complex, regulated, high-consideration product domains.
- Familiarity with the design-to-code toolchain — Storybook/Chromatic, a token transformer like Style Dictionary, and how tokens land in a real front-end stack (Angular, Rails, etc.).
- Comfort reading or contributing to component code.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), granted as part of our standard compensation package and based on role and level
- This role is eligible to earn additional compensation annually through participation in our Kin Leadership Incentive Plan
- 401(k) with company match up to 4% of eligible earnings
- Multiple medical plan options, plus dental and vision coverage
- Company-funded HSA contributions (based on medical plan selection)
- Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability
- Employee referral bonuses
- A variety of supplemental benefit options, including long-term disability, critical illness, accident, legal, and pet insurance
- Access to mental health support and confidential counseling resources
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees (most employees take 15–20 days per year), plus 8 company-observed holidays
- Paid parental leave, including up to 14 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parents and 8 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parents
- Career mobility and internal growth opportunities across the organization
- Professional development budgets for certifications, conferences, and learning available, subject to management approval
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