Accessible Front-End Developer for 508/WCAG (JAWS, Cypress)

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled Front-End Accessibility Engineer to design, develop, and maintain accessible UI components in line with Section 508 and WCAG AA standards. You will perform accessibility testing with JAWS and other tools, remediate keyboard navigation and ARIA issues, and conduct audits to produce VPATs and conformance reports.

You will collaborate with UX/UI, developers, and product owners to embed accessibility into design, guide on accessible patterns, and integrate automated

Qualifications

• Must hold Top Secret/SCI with favorable polygraph and U.S. citizenship.
• Experience developing front-end apps using modern JS frameworks (Vue preferred).
• Hands-on testing with JAWS and familiarity with other assistive tech.
• Strong knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG 2.1/2.2, ARIA practices.
• Experience producing VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains accessible front-end components and UIs conforming to Section 508 and WCAG AA.
• Performs accessibility testing using JAWS and other screen readers.
• Remediates keyboard navigation, focus, color contrast, and semantic HTML issues.
• Conducts manual and automated accessibility audits and documents findings.
• Contributes to CI/CD by integrating automated accessibility tests into pipelines.
• Collaborates with UX/UI, developers, and product owners to embed accessibility into design.
• Provides guidance on accessible design patterns and patterns adoption.
• Communicates requirements and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participates in Agile ceremonies and supports sprint planning and demos.

Skills

Front-end

Vue

JAWS

WCAG

ARIA

CI/CD

Git

Jira/Confluence

VPATs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's substitute 2 yrs exp

Tools

Axe DevTools

WAVE

Pa11y

Lighthouse

Cypress

AWS

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled Front-End Accessibility Engineer to design, develop, and maintain accessible UI components in line with Section 508 and WCAG AA standards. You will perform accessibility testing with JAWS and other tools, remediate keyboard navigation and ARIA issues, and conduct audits to produce VPATs and conformance reports.

You will collaborate with UX/UI, developers, and product owners to embed accessibility into design, guide on accessible patterns, and integrate automated