Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Hybrid
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Atlanta, GANew York, NYWashington, DC
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Full-time
Posted
36 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment company operating a broad portfolio of iconic content and brands including Warner Bros. film studio, HBO, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Max streaming service. Industry: Media & Entertainment

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TL;DR · Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems

Senior Design Technologist, Design Systems, CNN joins the CNN Digital Product Design Team to operate at the intersection of design, engineering, and emerging AI capabilities. This role involves translating design intent into scalable, system-driven UI while identifying ways to use AI to transform design system workflows. You will build and maintain reusable UI components, manage design tokens, and develop internal tools or scripts to optimize design-to-code pipelines. Key responsibilities include automating component creation, ensuring WCAG accessibility, and maintaining consistency between Figma artifacts and production code. Required skills include expert proficiency in Figma, front-end development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and experience with IDEs like Cursor or Claude. You will solve technical problems regarding component architecture and responsible AI integration for a multi-platform design system.

What you'll do

  • Translate design intent into scalable, system-driven UI components and architectures.
  • Integrate AI into design workflows to automate token generation, component scaffolding, and content population.
  • Build and maintain a multi-platform design system with reusable UI components and design tokens.
  • Develop internal tools, scripts, and plugins to optimize design-to-code workflows and engineering efficiency.
  • Ensure consistency between design artifacts in Figma and production code across all platforms.
  • Advocate for and implement accessible, high-quality UX in AI-assisted or AI-generated interfaces.
  • Conduct audits of UI quality and AI-assisted outputs to ensure transparency and mitigate bias.
  • Create system documentation, usage guidelines, and governance models for the design system.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience in a relevant role such as a design technologist, UX/UI engineer, or product designer.
  • Expert proficiency with Figma 124.4+ including variable maintenance, components, styles, and shared libraries.
  • Strong front-end development skills in a major framework including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Deep understanding of design systems, component architecture, and design tokens.
  • Experience creating and maintaining component libraries.
  • Proficiency using an IDE such as Cursor or Claude.
  • Demonstrated ability to incorporate AI into design workflows to test ideas and communicate solutions.
  • Experience with enterprise, platforms, and/or internal tools (preferred).

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