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Senior Design Technologist

Instacart

Location
California · New York · Connecticut +18
Workplace
Remote
Employment
Full Time
Salary
USD 166,000–210,000/yr
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Posted 4mo ago

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Responsibilities

  • Own and improve core system infrastructure
  • Evolve token workflows and theming strategies
  • Reduce system drift by strengthening design-to-code feedback loops
  • Contribute to component implementations with maintainable patterns
  • Build internal tools for faster delivery
  • Model system guidance in structured, reusable formats
  • Instrument and iterate on adoption and quality

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience shipping and maintaining a design system
  • Portfolio demonstrating design systems mastery
  • Advanced proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and a modern front-end framework (React or similar)
  • Proven experience delivering internal tools (e.g., Figma plugins, scripts, CLIs, CI automations)
  • Fluency in Figma at a systems level
  • Strong understanding of design tokens and theming
  • Demonstrated ability to reason about component UX and establish accessibility defaults

Preferred

  • Experience developing and shipping Figma plugins
  • Experience with AI-assisted coding environments
  • Familiarity with token pipelines and tooling
  • Experience with Storybook and docs/playground infrastructure
  • Experience with visual regression testing and UI QA automation

Skills

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Figma
  • Design Tokens
  • Storybook
  • AI
  • SwiftUI
  • Jetpack Compose

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