Senior Design System Designer Level 3

At Air France-KLM we are looking for a Senior Design System Designer to continue to shape our multi brand Design System « Aero ». The role involves creating and maintaining inclusive, accessible components, tokens and documentation used by the whole design community, for products that serve millions of passengers. It also includes a governance component (contribution process, versioning, adoption metrics) and a move toward an "agentic" design system (MCP/agents).

If you are passionate about driving design system excellence, operational efficiency, and delivering scalable experiences, this role is tailored for you.

• Wo/Hbo
• Offices
• 32-40 hours

What will you do?

• you will define and run Aero's governance model: contribution process, decision-making, versioning, deprecation, quality gates and adoption metrics;
• you will evolve the design system by creating and updating inclusive components suited to their context of use, and by embedding the values of both brands;
• you will apply your design token expertise to extend the system to other platforms, validating that structural choices are consistent with business requirements;
• you will move the system toward an agentic model (MCP/agents) with clear guardrails for the design community, and support the technical architecture alongside the Lead;
• you will write comprehensive, up-to-date documentation covering everything the design system offers. You will support the design community by helping them apply the system, handling component requests and bugs, and keeping them informed of new additions and changes;
• finally, you will advocate for the design system across the organization, bridge design, product and development teams, and stay current on design and technology trends.

Where do you land?

You will join "Aero", Air France-KLM's design system team, made up of 5 passionate and highly skilled experts. This team provides the foundations (vision, standards, ready-to-use components) on which the entire design community builds its products. These products span multiple digital touchpoints (web, mobile, etc.) and must reflect both brands, Air France and KLM. The design system is a strategic lever: it makes it possible to deliver consistent, inclusive, easy-to-use products quickly and efficiently. You will work hand in hand with the Design System Lead on the technical architecture, and closely with designers, developers, product owners and other stakeholders. Your work is used by millions of passengers every year.

Your profile

Experience and background:

• bachelor's degree in Design or a related field, or equivalent experience;
• minimum 10 years in digital, including 6+ years in the core design system field;
• proven experience designing and maintaining design systems at large scale.

Domains of expertise:

• design systems and design tokens;
• web and mobile design principles;
• accessibility and inclusive design;
• brand integration (Air France and KLM);
• design–development collaboration.

Soft skills:

• excellent communication and collaboration;
• bridging design, product and development teams;
• advocacy and influence to drive adoption;
• strong eye for detail and high commitment to quality;
• curiosity and continuous watch on design and technology trends;
• governance mindset: structure, decision-making, user support.

Languages:

• fluent English (French or Dutch is a plus).

Competencies:

Design tokens:

• expert knowledge: streamlining the building, maintaining and scaling of products through a design system.

GitHub:

• hands-on use as the single source of truth for the design system;
• maintaining token repositories;
• reviewing and approving contributions from design and development.

Figma:

• deep knowledge of architecture and distribution.

Front-end:

• interest and skills in development (HTML/CSS) to work closely with developers.

AI:

• experience with AI in design systems;
• MCP/agents and guardrails (Agentic Design System).

Accessibility:

• knowledge of standards (e.g., WCAG).

Architecture:

• supporting the design system's technical architecture;
• multi-platform extension.

Explore the perks of working with us

• If your position allows this: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean)
• 2% development budget to be spent freely
• Plenty of room for personal development and great career opportunities
• Substantial discount on airline tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months)

What do we offer

• A challenging role with a unique employer in the Netherlandss;
• A gross monthly salary between € 4.348,98 and € 6.212,83;
• Plenty of room for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
• A good pension scheme;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• A year-end bonus of 8.33%;
• A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
• 25 days of paid holiday and 5 additional days off;
• Great discounts on airline tickets (after at least 6 months of employment);
• A sustainable transport policy - use all public transport for your commute within the Netherlands, free of charge;
• If your job allows: working from home and up to 8 weeks working abroad (within the EU and Caribbean);
• Discount of your health insurance;
• A personal budget for sustainable employability.

A security screening is part of the selection process.

A reference check can be part of the application procedure.