Airtable is hiring a Design Developer to build out and evolve our design system. This individual contributor role sits within the Design team and works equally in Figma and production code, with a focus on advancing AI-assisted UI development.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate on the existing system: assess its state, establish direction with other contributors, and close the gap between design specs and implementation.
- Build and ship components and tokens yourself, while evolving contribution standards with the broader community of designers and engineers.
- Develop and evangelize a point of view on AI-assisted UI development. Experiment with tooling, workflows, and system structures.
- Build and maintain the AI tooling layer for UI: Claude skills, Cursor rules, LLM-consumable documentation, or whatever improves quality and velocity.
- Partner with designers, engineers, and accessibility specialists to improve the quality of user experience created by everyone working with the system.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience at the intersection of design and engineering, with experience inheriting and evolving systems.
- Deep fluency in design tokens, component architecture, theming, and accessibility standards (WCAG).
- Ability to influence through craft, clarity, and relationships.
Technical Stack
- Figma
Team & Environment
This role sits in Design and is a high-autonomy individual contributor role with broad cross-functional reach.
Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive.
