Senior AI-Native Designer & Builder, Design System

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. Role We are looking for a Senior AI-Native Designer & Builder, Design System to join our team. This is a Hybrid (3 days/week, Santa Clara HQ) role, reporting to the Sr Manager, Design System in the Product Management department. The Senior AI-Native Designer and Builder for the Design System will participate in the evolution of the organization’s design ecosystem, ensuring consistency, scalability, and excellence across all products. You will be leveraging cutting edge tools & technologies to design, build and iterate at a fast pace. You design with intention, and use AI as a daily craft instrument, not an occasional shortcut. You'll work closely with Design, Engineering, and cross-functional product teams to set the visual, interaction, and structural standard for Zscaler's product surfaces. If you believe great design systems are the highest-leverage work a designer can ship, and that AI is fundamentally changing how we build and maintain them, we want to talk to you! What you’ll do (Role Expectations) • Design, architect, and refine reusable components and interaction patterns, focusing on robust structural relationships, and scalability • Write clear component specifications, usage guidelines, and standards, leveraging AI to speed up drafting and maintain comprehensive documentation • Utilize modern, AI-powered developer and design tools (e.g., Cursor, Devin, Claude) to build live prototypes, validate architectural feasibility, and accelerate production implementation • Partner directly with UI engineers to align design intent with web technologies, ensuring component structures are highly responsive, accessible, and easily consumable • Actively support product design teams during their adoption of the design system, assisting them in applying component architecture principles and troubleshooting complex layouts Who You Are (Success Profile) • You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution. • You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact. • You are a high-trust collaborator. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust. • You are driven by innovation. You have a deep curiosity for how things work and are energized by solving complex technical challenges. You believe in the power of technology to accelerat