Senior Accessibility Engineer

Job Description:Thank you for considering joining our team. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. If you encounter any difficulties or have specific accessibility requirements while applying for this position, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at for assistance. We are committed to ensuring equal access to opportunities for all individuals.The OpportunityThis position involves working in an agile environment on our Platform UX team which offers solutions that enable engineering teams to build a consistent, scalable and accessible user experience for our customers.You will be working alongside our Principal Accessibility Engineer to educate teams, support our customers, build quality software and uphold accessibility standards and processes across our product development lifecycle.This is an exciting opportunity to work in an area of huge importance, focus and growth within Workhuman, providing enormous scope to positively impact how we support our users with disabilities.What we can offer you: An opportunity to lead the way it relates to maintaining high accessibility standards for both our digital products and design system components.An opportunity to be an advocate for users with disabilities, you will be promoting accessibility best practices across our design group and front-end development teams.An opportunity to work closely with product managers, designers, and developers to advocate for accessibility in all phases of product development.An opportunity to partake in accessibility workshops, training sessions, events and presentations.An opportunity to partake in accessibility vendor evaluation and onboarding.An opportunity to perform accessibility evaluations of designs, features, web pages, macOS and iOS applications, and providing clear, actionable remediation guidance.An opportunity to be actively involved in our Accessibility Community of Practice to foster a culture of accessibility awareness and inclusion across the organisation.An opportunity to support our customers and front-end teams with bug prioritisation and remediation advice.An opportunity to participate in defining our accessibility roadmap and priorities.An opportunity to keep up to date on the latest developments within the field of accessibility.The skills you bring: Influencing – You use understanding of the organisational culture to successfully persuade and influence partners and stakeholders to gain commitment to decisions and direction.Decision Making – You have an ability to analyse situations, diagnose problems, identify key issues and act decisively in establishing alternative courses of action with practical, logical and acceptable solutionsChange/Adaptability – Ability to embrace change and being flexible and comfortable adapting current work practices and procedures to respond to changing/different situations. Comfortable working in ambiguity Build Relationships - Ability to work collaboratively and foster a collegiate environment and culture with peers and other stakeholder groups. A need to understand and be tolerant of different needs and viewpointsContinuous Development - Recognise that continuous development is essential for success in any role & proactively take steps to develop self and help others excel at what they doAchievements:Strong working knowledge of the WCAG 2.2 'AA' guidelines, WAI-ARIA and HTML5.Understanding of how users with disabilities interact with digital applications, with or without assistive technologies and adaptive strategies.Experience working with accessibility automation and tooling, and an understanding of their limitations.Strong working knowledge of assistive technologies and adaptive strategies including desktop and mobile Screen Readers, Voice Input software, Braille Displays, Windows High Contrast Mode and Screen Magnification tools.Experience working in an Agile, cross-functional team, and an understanding of the end-to-end software development lifecycle.Working knowledge of accessibility legalisation such as ADA and the European Accessibility Act.Practical experience of implementing manual and automated accessibility testing methodologies.Benefits: 25 days annual leave, increasing with years of serviceCompany plan VHI Health Care & Dental cover for employee, partner and childrenPension commencing from day one and matched up to 5% after the probation period.Income ProtectionLife AssuranceWe live our values and that includes being super-users of our own recognition program, Workhuman Spark®.Discounted gift certificatesDiscounted TaxSaver Travel cards/free car parking (subject to availability)Access to our Tuition Reimbursement SchemeAccess to Workhuman UniversityWorkhuman employees are offered up to one paid day volunteering per year.Access to a fully equipped, state of the art onsite gym and fitness area wit shower facilitiesAbility to participate in onsite regular gym classes led by professional instructors including spin, yoga, and HIITThe Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a confidential service available to all Workhuman employees from your first day of employment and is free of charge.Free breakfast cereal, fruit, pastries, tea/coffee, lunch, fantastic catered events throughout the year etc.#LI-Hybrid #hybrid