Job Description
Principal Design Technologist
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Our client is hiring a Principal Design Technologist to build and scale an AI native design practice across their product suite.
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Principal Design Technologist
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Our client is hiring a Principal Design Technologist to build and scale an AI native design practice across their product suite.
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Here's what we're actually looking for:
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You've shipped AI augmented work. Not just used Claude Code or Cursor - actually built with them. Custom Figma plugins, design system tooling, interactive prototypes, component migration helpers. Work that's made it to production and changed how your team works.
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You've scaled design at org level. Maybe it was a design system across 30+ products. Maybe you took a design function from zero to a mature team. Either way, you have evidence: adoption metrics, org-wide influence, a track record of making the people around you better.
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You think in systems. Conceptual modelling, reusable primitives, reasoning about what's underneath the surface. You turn messy, technical domains into something intuitive without losing the rigor underneath.
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You have opinions about AI in design. Not just excitement - critical thinking. You've evaluated tools and walked away from some. You know when to automate and when to insist on the human.
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You can reason from code. Front end, data visualisation, ML/OCR experience - something that means you design for what's actually buildable and talk fluently with engineers about trade-offs.
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Portfolio bar is high. We're looking at Figma libraries, design systems, speaking gigs, public work that reflects your thinking. Craft matters. Detail matters. Foundation matters.
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The role: Hands on and leadership at once. You'll design and ship production work. You'll build the tooling and workflows that let your team design better than they could alone. You'll have a seat at the table shaping what design-technology becomes across the org.
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This is for: Staff/Principal level ICs who've also led teams.
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If this resonates, we'd love to talk about scaled AI native design practice, how you'd build it, and what you've shipped.
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📌 Principal Design Technologist (New South Wales)
🏢 The Onset
📍 New South Wales