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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Product Designer, Design Systems - **Company:** Kin Insurance, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $210,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Design Patterns, Software Tools, Management of Software Versions, AngularJS, Figma - **Published:** June 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2516411cb88b3f8d ## About the Role Do you have experience in Figma?, * A track record of taking a design system from audit through architecture to adoption - you treat the system as a product, not a deliverable. * Significant visual and product design experience, commonly 7+ years, with a meaningful stretch focused specifically on design systems work. * Deep fluency in token architecture (primitive / semantic / component) and mastery of Figma as a systems tool - variables, libraries, and modes. * Proven ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate manual tasks, automate documentation, and speed up the design-to-code feedback loop. * The ability to influence without authority - you set direction and bring partners along across a federated org without relying on positional power. * Comfort operating in ambiguity and 0-to-1 spaces, where the structure doesn't exist yet and you're the one building it., * Experience in insurance, fintech, or other complex, regulated, high-consideration product domains. * Familiarity with the design-to-code toolchain - Storybook/Chromatic, a token transformer like Style Dictionary, and how tokens land in a real front-end stack (Angular, Rails, etc.). * Comfort reading or contributing to component code. ## Description * Using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor), audit existing component libraries and live product experiences - mapping gaps, drift, and inconsistencies - to generate a data-backed plan to unify and streamline the system. * Own and drive Kin's token architecture across color, typography, spacing, and motion, structured as primitive, semantic, and component tokens, as the single source of truth for design and code. * Experience designing token systems that scale across different contexts - internal tools, customer-facing apps, or multi-brand surfaces - with an architecture that can flex without fragmenting. * Establish and maintain Figma-to-code parity, partnering with engineering on the pipeline from design tokens to implemented, documented components. * Introduce new components and patterns thoughtfully as Kin moves into new product domains, ensuring the system grows with intention rather than sprawl. * Define the contribution model and governance - versioning, changelogs, intake, and quality bars - and implement automated guardrails that let teams extend the system without fragmentation. * Build the single source of truth that replaces disparate tools as the canonical reference for Kin's design patterns. * Advocate for accessibility in components so teams inherit it by default, using automated testing and AI-assisted audits to proactively identify compliance gaps. * Partner across Product, Engineering, and embedded domain designers to make the system the easiest path to a cohesive, on-brand experience across every surface. Success in this role In your first 6-12 months at Kin, success is less about checking boxes and more about the impact you create. You'll use your skills and judgment to take ownership of meaningful work, improve how we operate, and help move Kin's mission forward. Along the way, you'll deliver outcomes that make a real difference for both Kinfolk and the homeowners we serve. By the end of your first year, you should feel confident in your role, trusted as an owner, and proud of the progress you've helped make. * AI and people can both generate Kin-consistent visual design from one source of truth, with the token layer as its foundation. * Engineering and design are aligned on a shared token structure, with a clear rollout approach for updating shared components without breaking downstream consumers. * The contribution and governance model is documented, adopted, and holding - teams know how to request from and extend the system without routing around it. * New product surfaces launching at Kin inherit consistency by default, rather than requiring design rework to bring them into compliance., The hiring process and timeline for each role will vary, depending on the position. 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