Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
Apply on Kin InsuranceKin is hiring a principal-level individual contributor Product Designer to help make multi-product homeowner experiences cohesive. The role focuses on Kin’s design system, including token architecture, Figma-to-code parity, governance, and adoption across product surfaces. Kin is a remote-first company, and applicants must be able to live and work full-time in one of the listed locations.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Use AI tools to audit component libraries and live product experiences for gaps, drift, and inconsistencies
- Own and drive token architecture across color, typography, spacing, and motion
- Establish and maintain Figma-to-code parity with engineering
- Introduce new components and patterns as Kin enters new product domains
- Define contribution model and governance, including versioning, changelogs, intake, and quality bars
- Implement automated guardrails to help teams extend the system without fragmentation
- Build a canonical source of truth for Kin’s design patterns
- Advocate for accessibility in components using automated testing and AI-assisted audits
What they're looking for
- Track record of taking a design system from audit through architecture to adoption
- Significant visual and product design experience, commonly 7+ years
- Meaningful experience focused specifically on design systems work
- Deep fluency in token architecture, including primitive, semantic, and component tokens
- Mastery of Figma as a systems tool, including variables, libraries, and modes
- Proven ability to leverage AI tools such as Cursor and Claude Code
- Ability to influence without authority across a federated organization
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and 0-to-1 spaces
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