Design Systems Lead – Remote (Montevideo)

About the role

Blacksmith Agency builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. As Design Systems Lead at Blacksmith, you own how our client design systems get built. You take a brand and a few reference sites, then extract the pattern into a working system of tokens, variables, modes, and core components that a build pipeline can execute without asking you questions.

Key responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming that our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, while maintaining the same structural rigor.

Required profile

• 4+ years designing for the web with real design system work in your portfolio.
• Fluency in Figma variables, component properties, auto layout, and variants.
• Experience creating actual architecture, not just tidy files.
• A portfolio showing varied client work while maintaining rigorous design system standards.
• Strong English proficiency and ability to overlap with US business hours.

Required skills

• Figma
• Design system architecture