QA Analyst, Accessibility

Gigster Inc.; Ciudad de México; A distancia; MXN 642,000 - 918,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading education technology company seeks a QA Analyst to evaluate and verify web accessibility within their learning management system. This remote, full-time role involves working closely with engineering teams and utilizing assistive technologies to identify and resolve accessibility issues. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of QA experience, particularly in web accessibility testing. Competitive compensation in USD, with flexible payment schedules.

Servicios

Flexible payment options

Independent contractor agreement

Formación

• 2+ years of QA experience, with at least 1 year specifically focused on web accessibility testing.
• Understanding of WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA guidelines, ARIA roles, and HTML/CSS accessibility semantics.
• Comfortable writing detailed defect reports and documenting compliance findings.

Responsabilidades

• Review and execute manual accessibility tests against reported test cases.
• Identify usability barriers using assistive technologies.
• Log accessibility issues and track them with engineers and product managers.
• Verify fixes and validate implementation of accessibility standards.

Conocimientos

QA experience

Web accessibility testing

Assistive technologies

Accessibility testing tools

Herramientas

axe DevTools

WAVE

ARC Toolkit

Lighthouse

Descripción del empleo

The Role

Our client operates where education and technology meet, dedicated to crafting personalized and innovative learning experiences that drive transformative score improvements for students. Their team, composed of passionate educators and technologists, is committed to enhancing lives through education.

As a QA Analyst, you will work with our engineering teams. This role will evaluate, test, document, and verify web accessibility within our learning management system. You will embed within our engineering team and work alongside engineers and product managers to test and verify resolutions to accessibility defects.

Responsibilities

• Review accessibility test cases reported by a third-party and, when necessary, execute manual accessibility tests against those cases on web and mobile web platforms.
• Use assistive technologies to simulate real-world accessibility usage and identify usability barriers.
• Log and track accessibility issues in collaboration with engineers and product managers.
• Verify fixes from engineering teams and validate proper implementation of accessibility standards.
• Provide detailed, actionable feedback to the engineering team to support remediation efforts.
• Help document accessibility test results and contribute to audit summary reports as needed.
• Participate in stand-ups or QA check-ins to report on progress and surface blockers.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of QA experience, with at least 1 year specifically focused on web accessibility testing.
• Understanding of WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA guidelines, ARIA roles, and HTML/CSS accessibility semantics.
• Proficient in using assistive technologies such as screen readers (NVDA, VoiceOver, JAWS), keyboard-only navigation, and color contrast analyzers.
• Experience using accessibility testing tools such as axe DevTools, WAVE, ARC Toolkit, or Lighthouse.
• Comfortable writing detailed defect reports and documenting compliance findings.

Our Recruitment Process

• Technical Interview
• Client Interview I (45 minutes)
• Client Interview II (1 hour)

We strive to move efficiently through the steps so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What we offer

• Remote, full-time (40h/week). PST/EST/CST hours.
• No-end-date, independent contractor agreement
• Payment in USD, biweekly or monthly — your choice