Senior Software Engineer - Accessibility

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in accessibility, you will be responsible for implementing and advocating for accessible development practices across Mayo Clinic's web, Android, and iOS platforms. This includes writing accessible, standards-compliant code; conducting code reviews with an accessibility lens; partnering with design and QA to identify and remediate accessibility defects; and mentoring engineering team members in accessibility implementation techniques specific to each platform (HTML/CSS/JavaScript, React, Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin/Jetpack Compose). You will also help define and mature our accessibility automation strategy including linting rules, CI/CD integration, automated testing frameworks, and regression monitoring to shift accessibility left and scale quality assurance across product teams. You will serve as a technical subject matter expert on WCAG conformance, assistive technology compatibility, and platform-specific accessibility APIs, while contributing to engineering standards, design system, and testing infrastructure that embed accessibility into our development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is self-directed, comfortable navigating ambiguity in a maturing accessibility program, and passionate about building digital experiences that work for everyone. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build back-end services that support our portfolio of data-centric clinical and analytic applications. These applications leverage cloud computing, big data, mobile, data science, data warehousing, machine learning using state of the art software development applications and frameworks. Our Software Engineers ensures that these cloud-based micro-services adhere to uptime and accuracy targets, are resilient, and scale as data volumes and traffic increase. They work closely with the data engineering, platform, and solutions teams to develop applications as required to benefit our practice and patients.

Responsibilities

Works closely with the Product Owners, Product Managers, Architects to translate requirements into code.
Developing services around data warehousing, big data, cloud computing, business intelligence, analytics and machine learning.
Participate in DevOps, Agile, continuous development and integration frameworks.
Programming in high-level languages such as Go, Python, Java etc.
Ensure all appropriate documentation of processes and source code is created and maintained.
Communicate effectively with peers, leaders, and customers throughout the organization.
Participate in expert level troubleshooting and resolve problems through root cause analysis, data and system investigation.
Contributes to design and architecture discussions with Principals and Architects.
Leads targeted cross-functional improvement efforts and mentors more junior software engineers.
Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions.
Work independently with minimal guidance. You may lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives.
Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.