Staff Web Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Digital Accessibility team as a Web Accessibility Engineer and make a significant impact on the accessibility of Airbnb's web platform for millions of users. You will lead the development of tooling and processes for accessible product development, provide accessibility training to engineers, and integrate accessibility best practices across the company. This role involves hands-on development, creating educational resources, and mentoring other engineers. The position is US-remote eligible, with occasional office work or offsite attendance. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in web development, accessibility standards (WCAG), and a passion for building inclusive user experiences.

Requirements

• 9+ years of industry experience
• Fluency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related web technologies
• Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, Typescript)
• Experience writing code that meets accessibility standards and best practices such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Knowledge on practical usage of WAI-ARIA (and when not to leverage it)
• Knowledge of assistive technologies, such as VoiceOver, JAWS or NVDA
• Passion for building and helping others build accessible UIs and experiences
• Demonstrated knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals as relevant to building web apps and experiences
• Awareness of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations
• Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Passionate about healthy team culture and collaboration

Responsibilities

• Lead defining and building tooling and process for accessible product development
• Lead accessibility training and support for engineers
• Integrate and support automated accessibility testing and tooling
• Integrate accessibility best practices for the whole company, including in our Design System, by collaborating with engineers and cross functional partners: designers, product and program managers
• Guide accessibility improvement projects spanning multiple teams
• Work with leadership on promoting and solving accessibility at every stage of the project development lifecycle
• Help address accessibility bugs and enable other teams to conduct remediation initiatives
• Participate in code reviews

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits