Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems, CNN

About this role

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Your New Role...

We are seeking a Design Technologist who   operates   at the intersection of design, engineering, and emerging AI capabilities. This role   is responsible for   translating design intent into scalable, system-driven UI while also   identifying   how AI can augment, accelerate, and transform design system workflows.  

As a   Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems ,   you are a member of the world-class CNN Digital Product Design Team, which   is responsible for   creating industry-leading new experiences consumed by millions of audiences across the globe.   You are both a builder and a systems thinker, someone who not only built and   maintained   design systems, but also understands how to apply AI across design and development processes (e.g., token generation,   component   scaffolding, content generation, and workflow automation).  

The   Vossi   Design System team   is responsible for   building and   maintaining   CNN’s multi-platform design system .   This is an incredible opportunity   t o envision and implement a world-class, scalable design system.  

The   S enior   Design Technologist   is a   talented   designer   &   design   engineer   who enjoys collaborating with product, engineering, research, editorial, analytics, content   strategy   and other designers to build and grow reusable librar ies   that supports speed and innovation towards a stellar end user experience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to   impact   the entirety of CNN’s digital experience, and at the same time impact CNN’s bottom line.  

Your Role Accountabilities...  

• AI Integration in Design Workflows  

• Bridge Design, Engineering, and AI  

• Help teams understand feasibility, constraints, and ethical considerations of AI-powered features  

• Advocate for high-quality UX in AI-assisted or AI-generated interfaces  

• Identify   and implement opportunities to integrate AI into design system workflows, such as:  

• Generating or   maintaining   design tokens (color, spacing, typography) programmatically  

• Automating   component   creation, documentation, or testing  

• Assisting   with layout generation, content population, or variant exploration  

• Ensure design system artifact s are consumable by AI models, MCPs or other AI-powered tools  

• Collaborate with data/ML teams when needed to integrate intelligent or adaptive UI behaviors  

• Design System Engineering  

• Build and   maintain   scalable, reusable UI components aligned with design tokens and system architecture  

• Ensure consistency between design artifacts (e.g., Figma) and production code  

• Contribute to system documentation, usage guidelines, and governance models  

• Partner with engineering to ensure performant, accessible implementations  

• Enable and empower feature teams to collaborate and contribute on design system enhancements  

• Tooling & Workflow Innovation  

• Develop internal tools, scripts, plugins, or pipelines to improve efficiency across design and engineering  

• Optimize   design-to-code workflows using automation and AI augmentation  

• Contribute to experimentation frameworks that enable rapid testing of   new ideas  

• Quality, Accessibility & Responsible AI  

• Ensure pixel accuracy, responsiveness, and performance across UI implementations  

• Champion accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices  

• Advocate for responsible AI usage, including transparency, bias mitigation, and user trust  

• Conduct audits of both UI quality and AI-assisted outputs  

Qualifications & Experience...

• 6+ years   in a relevant role such   as a   design technologist, UX/UI engineer, or   product designer.  

• Enterprise,   platforms   and/or internal tools experience preferred.  

• Demonstrated ability to incorporate AI into the design workflow to test ideas more efficiently and communicate solutions with greater speed and clarity  

• Expert   proficiency   with   Figma   124.4+ including variable maintena n ce, components, styles, and shared libraries  

• Experience creating and   maintaining   component   libraries  

• Strong front-end development skills   in a major framework   (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)  

• Deep understanding of design systems,   component   architecture, and design tokens  

• Proficiency   using   an   IDE   (such as Cursor   or Claude )  

• Solid grounding in interaction design, visual design, and UX principles  

• Familiarity with current AI capabilities (e.g., generative AI, LLMs, multimodal systems)  

• Understanding of prompt design, structured outputs, or API-based AI integrations  

• Ability to evaluate AI outputs for quality, bias, and usability  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional partners such as Engineering, Program management, and Product management  

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