Software Engineer, Front End Leaning (Accessibility)

You will own the accessibility roadmap and deliverables: baseline audit, prioritised remediation, DS coverage, CI automation, and production monitoring.

Ship technical fixes and lead cross-team remediation efforts.

Partner with Design System, Product, Design, Legal, and External Audit provider to embed accessibility in workflows.

Educate specific team members to drive accessibility standards in their org.

Run user testing with assistive tech and integrate findings into product decisions.

Design and operate AI-assisted tooling to scale audits and remediation (with human-in-the-loop guardrails).

You will consider the long-term direction of the team, making sure that we are developing the engineering capabilities that will allow us to stay ahead of the challenges we are likely to encounter in 6-12 months' time.

What you'll bring

• At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, at least 3 on the senior/lead level.
• Proven track record driving accessibility for a large web application (measurable results).
• Deep frontend expertise (React/TS), Storybook, axe-core/pa11y, Playwright/Cypress.
• Knowledge of WCAG requirements.
• Strong cross-org influence and communication skills.
• Experience integrating accessibility into Continues Integration flows and Design System
• Experience with LLM/AI tools applied to accessibility audits and remediation.
• Prior experience building accessibility teams or programs.

Nice to have

• Design skills (i.e. Figma) would be a nice to have.
• Experience with media/video accessibility (captions, audio descriptions, player controls).