Why UKG:
At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.
We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Accessibility Specialist that is highly driven, self-motivated, and deeply committed to creating more inclusive experiences for people with disabilities. As a Senior Accessibility Specialist, you will collaborate directly with product, design, and engineering to create fully accessible products. You are accomplished in auditing systems using available tools to find accessibility issues, recommend solutions for violations found, and have the experience and expertise to expand web accessibility knowledge and practices within the product team. You will socialize, administer and continuously support our accessibility strategy and
implementation aspiring to deliver inclusive products for our users. You’ll have an influential role championing accessibility across the organization.
Primary/Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:
Build and maintain relationships, credibility, and trust with business, product, and technical partners
Evaluate, define, and when required, prototype appropriate approaches for any proposed accessibility solution
Assisting internal delivery teams with ongoing development processes and implementation of accessibility throughout the software development lifecycle
Run automated scans and manual assessments on web pages to identify accessibility issues, suggested fixes, and priorities
Help design and development teams understand accessibility requirements, available tools, solutions, and prioritization
Provide developers with technical advice during code reviews and pair programming during sprints
Staying up to date on modern web development practices and new versions of WCAG requirements
Attend team ceremonies (stand-ups, refinement meetings, sprint planning meetings, etc.): gain knowledge about the accessibility maturity level of the team, identify opportunities for improvement, answer questions, and provide insight
Review accessibility requirements with product leaders that provide accessibility acceptance criteria that developers can use to develop components that meet WCAG 2.2 AA conformance and provide scope for quality assurance testing
Complete Accessibility Conformance Reports (VPATs) for multiple web and mobile products and train product teams on how to update it per release
Define, create, and curate training materials for various roles throughout product and development
Provide training to staff to ensure they understand the importance of accessibility and ways to incorporate best practices into product delivery
Required Qualifications:
Deep knowledge of WCAG 2.2, ARIA, and ACRs/VPATs
Expert with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver and assistive technology like ZoomText or Dragon. Expert using various automated testing tools like Axe, WAVE, Lighthouse, etc.
Experience working collaboratively with product teams to design, developing applications that are accessible and tested end-to-end
A relevant combination of education and experience in front-end development
Expert level understanding of HTML, CSS, working knowledge of JavaScript and reasonable familiarity with frontend frameworks like, Angular or React
Experience conducting Accessibility evaluations and assisting teams with remediation
Excellent and effective communication skills with a passion for quality and driving results; ability to interact with and influence stakeholders from all levels of an organization Proficient in multiple user experience disciplines (Research, Design, Engineering), techniques, and processes
Ability to understand and explain technical issues and their implications for projects and business decisions, facilitate discussion and resolution of problems, and mentor other product team members
Strong organizational skills combined with a self-motivated, self-starter, and go-getter
(Experience, Education, Certification, License and Training)
5+ years of experience with accessibility standards and guidelines (WCAG, WAI-ARIA) and assessing digital materials (Interfaces, PDFs, etc.) to meet standards
5+ years of experience developing, designing or maintaining desktop, mobile and responsive web applications with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery)
Proven ability to identify and put into action creative approaches to accessibility challenges and problems
We work in a collaborative hybrid model. 3 days per week onsite in one of the city's UKG offices is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bonus: IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC), Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)
Previous roles or degree(s) in fields of Digital Accessibility, User Experience, Digital Design, or Software Engineering.
Company Overview:
UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.
UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.
Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process
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