AI Engineer Design Systems

Job Description

Your role

Are you looking to move into an AI-first team Good! Were shaping a new product team with a mission to overhaul how software is built and scaled.

You will help create an enterprise-grade design system that connects design and code enabling software to be built edited and shipped by describing intent in natural language. The goal isnt only about enabling new ways of building software for human usage but also creating software that will be used by AI agents.

This position is for a high-agency multidisciplinary engineer who thinks beyond linear workflows and established patterns. Someone who cares deeply about craft but is equally motivated by experimentation systems thinking and inventing better ways of working. You will work closely with designers and engineers to explore how design engineering delivery and AI should work together in practice inside a real enterprise environment.

You will establish principles architecture and processes that enable the product organization to become AI-first through using the new design system. A core part of the role is shaping how AI generates templates screens and flows by learning from design system components markdown templates and user flows within our enterprise landscape.

You will:

• Own the technical foundation of an AI-first scalable enterprise design system.
• Translate design into code and continuously improve the system.
• Experiment with and establish AI-assisted workflows for design and engineering using tools such as Figma Make Vercel AI SDK Replit and Cursor.
• Shape how design system assets are created versioned and used when AI is part of the workflow.
• Reduce manual handoffs and repetitive work through better system structure tooling automation and by using ready-made assets from e.g. Tailwind.
• Build and maintain reusable frontend components with attention to accessibility interaction and consistency.
• Design workflows across MCPs Storybook Vercel AI SDK and module federation.
• Support other engineers by making the design system clear reliable and easy to adopt.
• Document learnings patterns and guidelines.

Your profile

• Fundamentally excited about how AI can improve the way products are built.
• Youve experimented with a bunch of AI tools in the past few years and have a desire to improve ways of working with the help of your learnings.
• Fluent in modern TypeScript primarily React GitHub synchronization Tailwind Storybook and willing to dive into Figma MCP.
• Skilled at turning design intent into production-ready code and bringing static screens to life through interaction and motion.
• Experienced implementing design systems and translating Figma designs into production-ready code adhering to accessibility-focused practices.
• Strong visual sensibility. You notice the difference when elements are off by a pixel or spacing is slightly off rhythm.
• Cares about typography grids responsive scales and meaningful animation.
• Collaborative and detail-obsessed. You work well with designers and see code as a form of creative expression.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity.
• Youve shipped real products and you care deeply about the users experience.
• Familiar with Figma Tokens Tokens Studio or similar tools.

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Application
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What youll like about working here

We are shaping a new class of AI-first enterprise platforms and the design systems that support them. We believe in thoughtful craft radical collaboration and building with care. The person in this role will sit at the center of that transforming design into something functional elegant and highly interactive.

When you join Capgemini you dont just start a new job you become something bigger.

Capgeminis purpose is to unleash human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. Established in 1967 and now headquartered in Paris we have become one of the largest technology consulting firms providing services to government the environment retail health manufacturing and aerospace. We live by our brand values: honesty boldness trust freedom fun modesty and team spirit.

Group IT delivers a comprehensive portfolio of technology services to the entire Capgemini Group. We look after more than 340000 employees in countries and continents across the world around the clock. We work with a wide variety of business lines each requiring specific IT solutions and support. With people from a diverse range of cultures all collaborating to achieve a common set of goals.

The global User Experience teams mission is to make IT simple. We do this by focussing on the end-user with the aim of making their lives easier and more productive through outstanding UX and automation. We run monthly UX meetups for the whole company and host an annual conference.