305 King St W
Suite 1100
Kitchener, ON N2G 1B9
Canada
Senior Accessibility Tester Remote
Senior Accessibility Tester Description
We’re looking for a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join the distributed global team within one of the biggest EPAM accounts.
We are passionate about what we do — helping organizations use design to create valuable customer experiences across platforms and touchpoints. We value people who are optimistic and collaborative, who take ownership, talk less, do more, can learn from failure, and have the want to make others successful.
As a Senior Accessibility Tester, your role involves ensuring the quality assurance of assigned products for internal supervision of quality assurance. You will oversee the backlog of testing requests received and complete testing requests by performing accessibility testing on assigned products and report defects. Additionally, you will be responsible for mentoring testers, helping develop test plans and scripts, create documentation, and make recommendations based on themes and insights gathered via products tested and reporting insights. To be effective in this role, you must have an understanding of accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), strong working knowledge of assistive technology, automated testing tools, and demonstrated experience in accessibility testing. You also need a unique skillset of problem solving, strong communication, and working as part of a team. We promote an agile, collaborative, supportive environment where diverse thinking, innovative design, and experimentation is welcomed and encouraged.
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Responsibilities
- Contribute to the end-to-end quality assurance of a large product portfolio, including overseeing the backlog of testing requests received and complete testing requests
- Collaborate and communicate closely with key stakeholders in Design, Product Management, and Product Engineering to facilitate testing efforts throughout the product development lifecycle
- Collaborate with the Testing Lead to guarantee on-time completion, precision, and alignment with expectations for all testing requests
- Perform quality audits and advise on opportunities to minimize quality errors
- Demonstrate proficiency in products of high complexity with an ability to operate independently without extensive direction
- Lead by example in creating a positive, supportive team environment that encourages collaboration, innovation and respectful discussion
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in information science, information design, computer science or equivalent industry experience
- 5+ years of background in an accessibility-related field
- Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 (AA) guidelines
- Expert level of understanding of assistive technologies and accessibility-related software, including JAWS and NVDA and automated testing tools
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps (ADO) or similar for logging and tracking bugs
- Demonstrated success facilitating testing efforts across multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and capability to interface with high-level stakeholders
- Inquisitive, able to challenge effectively and manage conflicting stakeholder needs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent in English (B2+)
We offer
- We gather like-minded people:
- Engineering community of industry professionals
- Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
- Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
- Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
- Relocation within our 50+ offices
- We provide growth opportunities:
- Outstanding career roadmap
- Leadership development, career advising, soft skills, and well-being programs
- Certification (GCP, Azure, AWS)
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, O’Reilly, Cloud Guru
- Language classes in English and Polish for foreigners
- We cover it all:
- Stable income (Employment Contract or B2B)
- Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
- Strategically located offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, fantastic coffee, and more
- Referral bonuses
- Corporate, social and well-being events
- Please, note:
- The set of bonuses might vary based on the role you apply for – specifics will be discussed with our recruiter during the general interview
- We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
