Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Web, Software, Front End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- from 120.000 € Gross/Year
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will drive accessibility implementation and develop solutions for automating audits and enhancing user experience with assistive tech in large web applications.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- You will drive execution and promote DS partnerships and deliverables: baseline audit, prioritise remediation, DS coverage, CI automation, and production monitoring.
- Ship technical fixes and lead cross-team remediation efforts.
- Partner with Design System, Product, Design, Legal, and External Audit provider to embed accessibility in workflows.
- Educate specific team members to drive accessibility standards in their org.
- Conduct user testing with assistive technology and incorporate the findings into product decisions.
- Design and operate AI-assisted tooling to scale audits and remediation (with human-in-the-loop guardrails).
- You will consider the long-term direction of the team, making sure that we are developing the engineering capabilities that will allow us to stay ahead of the challenges we are likely to encounter in 6-12 months' time.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Proven track record driving accessibility for a large web application (measurable results).
- Deep frontend expertise (React/TS), Storybook, axe-core/pa11y, Playwright/Cypress.
- Knowledge of WCAG requirements.
- Strong cross-org influence and communication skills.
Experience
- At least five (5) years of experience as a software engineer, with a minimum of 3 years at the senior/lead level.
- Experience integrating accessibility into continuous Integration flows and Design System.
- Experience with LLM/AI tools applied to accessibility audits and remediation.
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What we offer
- The salary starts at EUR/GBP/CHF 120,000 base + stock option plan.
- This is full-time employment only - no contractors possible - usually through OysterHR.
- Everyone at Synthesia gets 25 days of leave + local holidays.
- We only sponsor VISA if you are already in the UK/EU country and need support - we do not relocate people.
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Synthesia
Synthesia Limited is a UK-based company located in London that specializes in developing an advanced platform for creating AI videos. The company focuses on solutions to enhance visual communication and training through avatars and interactive videos. It assists international teams in scaling content in over 140 languages.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Software Engineer
- Salary
- from 120.000 € Gross/Year
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
