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Staff/Principal Design Systems Lead

Render 🇺🇸 United States of America

$218,000 - $307,000 Full-time Senior

Set the vision and architecture for Render’s design system, initially building its foundations hands-on through components, guidance, and quality standards. Make the system usable by people and AI agents, measure output quality, drive adoption across product teams, and grow and lead the design systems team.

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision and architecture for Render’s design system, initially building its foundations hands-on through components, guidance, and quality standards. Make the system usable by people and AI agents, measure output quality, drive adoption across product teams, and grow and lead the design systems team.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have a strong record of setting direction and delivering adopted design systems, exceptional visual and interaction design craft, and the technical fluency to prototype and build in code alongside engineers. They should also bring hands-on AI experience, strong product judgment and developer empathy, and the ability to create clarity and lead as the function grows.

Benefits

  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • Monthly Lifestyle Stipend
  • Cell Phone Subsidy
  • Internet Subsidy
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Home Office Stipend
  • Continuous Learning Benefits
  • Equity

Key Skills

Design systems architecture Component library development Visual design Interaction design Prototyping in code Front‑end development AI integration Product judgment Developer empathy Leadership and team growth Design documentation Quality standards definition Cross‑functional collaboration Design system adoption strategy Technical fluency with engineers User research Design thinking Agile methodology Communication Problem solving

About Render

Render is the fastest path to production for AI agents and full-stack applications. One platform for your entire stack: backend, frontend, Postgres, cron jobs, and everything in between. Deploy on our blazing-fast private network with security built in from day one. Stop stitching together tools. Build it better on Render. Join the Discord: https://render.com/discord

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