Apple
Accessibility Engineer (Web Accessibility SME)
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Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish. Apple has an exciting opportunity in our IS&T team for an experienced Web Accessibility Engineer ready to deepen their craft and broaden their impact. You will bring solid hands-on experience building and evaluating accessible web experiences and testing with assistive technologies. You consider accessibility a basic human right and you want to work somewhere where people feel the same way. The role will involve partnering with multiple teams across a variety of projects, applying your subject matter expertise to guide accessible outcomes and contributing to the evolution of accessibility practices at Apple.
Apple’s IS&T Accessibility Center for Excellence (CoE) team is a group created with the purpose of promoting and supporting accessibility globally across Apple, partnering to embed accessibility into customer and employee facing digital services, apps and websites. We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Web Accessibility SME on our CoE team with subject matter expertise to deliver expert level accessibility consulting. This role requires self-drive, attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and someone very hands-on in a high paced environment.
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DESCRIPTION
As a Web Accessibility SME on the team, this role requires:
- Experience of technical accessibility and accessibility standards to deliver remediation efforts leveraging technical methodologies for accessibility testing.
- Performing accessibility evaluations of web applications, document findings and provide actionable recommendations.
- Reviewing and advising on design, code and content for accessibility partnering with product, design and engineering teams.
- Working with cross functional teams throughout the entire lifecycle of the project and represent the team positively and effectively all the times.
- Contribute to developing and delivery of accessibility training, tooling and standards.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge and practical experience with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, client-side frameworks) including writing accessible code solutions.
- Understanding of WCAG 2.x guidelines and WAI-ARIA, with experience implementing accessibility testing methodologies.
- Strong first-hand experience testing with assistive technologies including screen readers such as VoiceOver, JAWS and NVDA.
- Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Relevant experience in software engineering in the field of web accessibility, with an aptitude for independently learning new technologies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders, with demonstrable experience building strong working relationships.
- Ability to work on multiple projects and manage a dynamic working environment.
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