Working on a search that feels less like filling a role and more like hiring for the next chapter of design orgs. A major consumer tech company is building the AI layer of their design organization and looking for the person to help shape it. This role lives inside design, but the right person builds things that designers use every day. ✦ Principal-level Design Engineer/Technologist, systems thinker ✦ Figma, Storybook, tokens, the works ✦ Has shipped internal tools or AI pipelines for design teams ✦ Actually building with Claude Code, Replit, LLMs Full-time. Director-level trajectory and comp. NYC area or Bay Area. DM me if this sounds like your lane!