Senior ​/Lead Accessibility Engineer

Job Description

Skill Set:

• Front end development background with hands on accessibility testing experience
• Accessibility expertise could come from DQ, Level Access, Simply Accessible
• Matrix into our various development teams and be hands on with addressing specific questions/issues related to Accessibility and teaching the developers on Accessibility coding best practices.
• Expertise in Accessibility including testing, processes, and training.
• Strong experience with performing manual testing, screen readers (Jaws, NVDA, color contrast, etc), look for trends, coach the team on what they can fix to not make mistakes in the future.
• Help set up overall processes with regards to testing/automation.
• WCAG 2.1 is the guideline they are using
• No certification requirements
• You have deep understanding of WCAG 2.2 AA design principles and guidelines.
• Conduct manual testing audits across our websites and internal tooling to ensure compliance and report on findings.
• Mentor and provide developers coding best practice guidance using your knowledge of Java script, VueJS, Spring Framework, and Freemarker
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• Conduct ongoing training and educate cross functional teams on accessibility best practices that are pertinent to their roles.
• Provide strategic guidance on organizational best practices and processes to ensure on-going compliance.

Role has a few different areas of focus:

• Do manual testing across the sites, including internal tools.
• Mentoring developers and having good knowledge of development front end code.
• Doing ongoing training with different teams.
• Bring in a bit of strategy on institutionalizing
• This role: heads on testing the site continuously, but guiding, strategizing and institutionalizing the accessibility. Strong leadership and strong hands on capabilities.