Principal Accessibility Software Engineer - 29504

Join us as we pursue our exciting vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers.

At Splunk, we believe making machine data accessible, valuable, and usable is essential to creating inclusive products for our customers.

Accessible design in our physical world benefits everyone; we’ve all used sidewalk cutouts or sent text messages. We’re bringing that same philosophy into our digital products by making digital accessibility a priority at Splunk.

It’s crucial to consider all customers in our product suite, including those with permanent, temporary, and situational disabilities.

By not considering digital accessibility, we prevent professionals with disabilities from becoming advocates of Splunk.Join our Product Experience team as we look to scale our digital accessibility program! As a Principal Accessibility Software Engineer , your role will be crucial to growing the efficacy of our digital accessibility program.

This role will work closely with our Accessibility Program Manager, Designers, and other cross-functional Engineering teams to set the direction for solving accessibility challenges across all of Splunk’s user experience products.

This role requires in-depth knowledge of web accessibility, cross-functional relationship building, and a clear understanding of the standards, and policies that govern web accessibility both in the US and globally.

What you’ll do

• Help modernize the UI development across all of Splunk
• Set the standards for accessibility development across Splunk
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to advise and implement holistic web accessibility solutions across multiple products
• Lead in setting the direction for CI / CD development across multiple product pipelines
• Prioritize backlogs, support test automation improvements, validate fixes
• Provide training to empower teams to own web accessibility quality
• Mentor and coach other engineers, share the work you are doing, and participate in code reviews
• Evolve the maturity of Splunk’s accessibility program to reach new KPIs and metrics

What you'll need

• 12+ years of experience working with web and / or client-side technologies
• Advanced skills in HTML, CSS, Javascript, React
• Experience in accessibility standard methodologies, WCAG standards, VPAT compliance, and a strong awareness of assistive technologies
• Experience working with Design Systems and shared components across multiple teams
• Experience with Accessibility Tools (JAWS, NVDA, Axe)
• Knowledge of browser internals like Javascript engines, native DOM, Event APIs, browser quirks and ways to tune code to enhance web accessibility and performance
• Comfort with command-line applications, source control, testing frameworks, continuous integration and other aspects of developing in large, distributed software teams across multiple codebases
• Ability to lead engineering teams and set technical direction
• Proven track record for establishing strong coding principles through code reviews and design sessions
• Ability to collaborate, build partnerships, and communicate efficiently across teams
• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities :

• Experience with Backbone.js development is highly desirable
• Background in testing and validation of websites for Accessibility Compliance
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) Certification, JAWS Certification
• Agile development experience using tracking software such as JIRA

Education :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent training and work experience.
30+ days ago