Anaconda is hiring a Principal Product Designer, Design Systems & AI, a senior IC role reporting to the VP of Design. The role owns the design system as a product across two converging platform surfaces, from Figma libraries and tokens through to shipped code components.
What you'll do
- Own the design system end to end: tokens, component libraries, documentation, and code components across two converging surfaces
- Lead migration of component architecture to a modern stack (shadcn/ui, Storybook) with engineering
- Define governance: versioning, contribution model, release process, and exit criteria for handoff
- Establish AI-forward design practice: patterns, guidelines, tooling for agentic surfaces, ship first experiences
- Work in design and code: prototype in production stack and review component implementations
- Raise the bar across a senior design team through critique, pairing, and visible craft
- Use AI-assisted tools, including Claude Code, reviewing and validating AI generated output
What we're looking for
- 12+ years of product design experience owning a design system at scale, tokens, architecture, governance
- Engineering fluency in TypeScript/React component codebases and Storybook
- Proven experience leading a design system migration or re-platform in production
- Demonstrated experience designing AI-driven or agentic product experiences
- Experience using AI assisted tools, such as Claude Code, in professional workflow
- Track record of leading through influence in flat or ambiguous structures
Nice to have
- Taken a design system through a framework migration at enterprise scale
- Contributions to open-source design systems or component libraries
- Experience designing for developer tools, data science, or technical audiences
- Built design tooling or automation that other designers adopted
- Experience working across converging or multi-product platforms
- Clear point of view on AI reshaping design practice
Good to know
- Application deadline: 11/02/2026