Hiring: Senior UX Designer, Design System Company: CarGurus Location: Boston, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:11:37 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Accessibility, CSS, Design System, Figma, Git, HTML, LLM, User Experience, WCAG About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in UX/product design, with at least 4 years focused on design systems •At least 4 years focused on design systems Required Skills: •Define, maintain, and evolve components, patterns, and interaction standards that serve the full product surface. •Partner closely with Engineering on system implementation, architecture decisions, and handoff processes. •Proactively identify gaps by monitoring how the system is used across products, and close those gaps before they become workarounds. •Reduce redundant design and development work by standardizing the most common solutions. •Support design and engineering teams in adopting the system effectively, through documentation, reviews, and direct collaboration. •Govern the contribution process: how changes get proposed, reviewed, and approved. •Maintain a healthy system backlog and triage incoming requests with clear prioritization. Qualifications: •Proven expertise working with Figma variables and component architecture, including how they map to coded token structures. •Solid functional working knowledge of front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS) •Strong systems thinking; you naturally see patterns, spot inconsistencies, and design for reuse. •Demonstrated experience building and scaling a design system, ideally at a product company with multiple teams. •Demonstrated capacity to balance consistency with flexibility; you know when to standardize and when to leave room for product judgment. •Comfort working closely with Engineering, including familiarity with how design tokens, component libraries, and handoff tooling work in practice. •AI-first mindset by proactively integrating LLMs and automation into the design system workflow to reduce manual friction, while maintaining a critical eye for quality and system integrity •Clear communicator and cross-team influencer — you can get alignment from designers, engineers, and PMs without authority. •Detail-oriented and reliable; teams depend on the system being accurate and well-documented. •Comfortable in a governance role: setting standards, running reviews, and saying no when the system integrity is at stake. Compensation: •$135,000 - $169,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!