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# Principal UX Design Systems Designer (NetSec)

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,800.0 - $227,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Artificial Intelligence, Software Applications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Software Documentation, Cyber Security, Data Visualization, Cursor, Software Architecture, Ui Patterns, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, GitHub Copilot, ReactJS, AI Coding Agents, Production Code, Figma, Front End Software Development, Claude, GPT
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cd7ca2030107616a

## About the Role

* 6+ Years of Product / Design Systems Experience: Proven track record of planning, building, and scaling enterprise-grade design systems used by multi-product engineering organizations.
 * Active AI-Native Workflow: Daily hands-on experience using AI development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) to turn design concepts into code, automate workflows, and build functional prototypes.
 * Storybook & Code Responsibility: Comfort taking ownership of components in Storybook and using AI to write clean UI code (React, TypeScript, CSS/HTML) for engineering review, without needing to be a manual syntax expert.
 * Bold Craft & Decisive Judgment: Exceptional visual and interaction craft with a bias for action. Demonstrated ability to make strong architectural calls, balance system purity with pragmatism, and lead through rapid experimentation.
 * Powerful Storytelling: A portfolio featuring deep, end-to-end case studies that clearly articulate the problem solved, the strategic trade-offs, the AI-assisted execution process, and the systemic business impact.
 * Enablement & Mentorship: Demonstrated experience coaching, guiding, or upskilling design peers through process transformations and new tooling adoption.

## Description

* AI-First Design System Execution: Modernize and scale our design system, component architecture, UI patterns, and data visualization libraries. Actively use AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude, Vibe Coding, MCP integrations) to generate component code and ship directly to Storybook for engineering review and merge.
 * Figma-to-Code Parity & Storybook Ownership: Drive full alignment between Figma variables, design tokens, and production code. Define component architecture (variants, props, and slots) in Storybook so that design system assets are code-native, multi-themed, and production-ready.
 * Enablement & System Evangelism: Act as a force multiplier for the design organization. Lead training, establish guardrails, and build "vibe coding" workflows that empower other designers to move comfortably from Figma to code-assisted prototyping.
 * Proactive Leadership & Bold System Architecture: Make confident, high-craft architectural decisions that solve ~99% of use cases without over-accommodating edge cases or slowing momentum. Experiment with out-of-the-box patterns to eliminate dev handoff friction.
 * System Documentation & Governance: Lead comprehensive, automated documentation across Figma, Storybook, and shared developer tooling to ensure a single, authoritative source of truth across the enterprise platform.
 * Product Context & Platform Contribution: Contribute directly to key platform feature workflows to stay deeply grounded in complex user personas, technology constraints, and real-world system application.