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Myers and Stauffer LC is a certified public accounting and health and human services consulting firm, specializing in audit, accounting, data management and consulting services to government-sponsored health care programs (primarily state Medicaid agencies, and the federal Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services). We have 45+ years of experience assisting our government clients with complex health care reimbursement and provider compliance issues, operate 21 offices and have over 900 associates nationwide.

At Myers and Stauffer, you will have a career that is rewarding while also supporting our state and federal government health and human service clients that focus on those in need. We are committed to providing our employees with professional growth and development opportunities, a diverse, dynamic, challenging work environment, and a strong and visionary leadership team. Our firm takes pride in the welcoming and collaborative culture we have throughout our offices.  We are always willing to discuss potential flexibility that an employee may need to better suit their work-life wellbeing.

What We Offer:

We understand that changing or learning a new industry can discourage strong candidates from applying. Please do not hesitate to apply, as you may be the right fit for this position or another position we have open.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

The Senior Digital Accessibility Developer will join an already successful team to grow our projects, other staff, and personally through the firm's commitment to our people. An experienced developer who brings in mature technical skills, continually advancing themselves through training, involvement with product launches, and is active within the team dynamics will find themselves at home with Myers and Stauffer. Our knowledgeable staff will partner with you in your career journey with us. Whether it be our software that manages billions of dollars of state and federal budgets, processes that consume billions of claims, custom portals for provider/client use, or the FBI/DOJ work to fight fraud, waste, and abuse, work is never dull in seeing the direct impact we have across the nation. This position will open several project opportunities across the firm; come join our expanding team!

Essential Functions and Primary Duties 

• Participating as a key member on the development team  

• Proven experience as a web developer with a focus on accessibility

• Understand and train others on common OOP concepts and design patterns

• Self-review of skill gaps to cover our quarterly training hours

• Take ownership of change management and SDLC processes and tools

• Be able to give and receive feedback on requirements or code reviews

• Able to debug code across the entire technology stack

• Develop and document technical requirements and decisions

• Self-starter that conducts small proof-of-concept projects to test out improvements

• Take into consideration user experience and how to measure standard performance metrics

• Conduct training sessions on knowledge sharing within and outside assigned teams

• Establish strong relationships with business and IT members to deliver solid solutions

• Maintains a high level of professionalism, regardless of business or client level

• Confident in their own skill set to lead peers in expanding others' skills

• Consistently delivers high-quality services and products

• Able to provide adequate training and support to other colleagues on accessibility best practices

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Strong communication skills to collaborate with designers, developers, and other stakeholders

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 years' of related work experience, 8+ years strongly preferred

• At least 2 years' experience of related ADA Compliance and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 

• Manage Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for various web technologies

• Experience using accessibility tools; Evinced, WAVE, or JAWS a plus

• Experience in mentoring staff on accessibility standards and tools

• Experience working in a team environment. Demonstrative proficiency building and running accessibility test plans.

• Experience with CI/CD accessibility testing a plus

• Understands secure coding practices preferred

• Experience in technical requirement gathering and documentation

• Must be able to work independently on projects and within a remote team environment

• Maintain effective relationships with business stakeholders and team members

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Have ability to travel on occasion based on business needs

The Senior Digital Accessibility Developer will join an already successful team to grow our projects, other staff, and personally through the firm's commitment to our people. An experienced developer who brings in mature technical skills, continually advancing themselves through training, involvement with product launches, and is active within the team dynamics will find themselves at home with Myers and Stauffer. Our knowledgeable staff will partner with you in your career journey with us. Whether it be our software that manages billions of dollars of state and federal budgets, processes that consume billions of claims, custom portals for provider/client use, or the FBI/DOJ work to fight fraud, waste, and abuse, work is never dull in seeing the direct impact we have across the nation. This position will open several project opportunities across the firm; come join our expanding team!

Essential Functions and Primary Duties 

• Participating as a key member on the development team  

• Proven experience as a web developer with a focus on accessibility

• Understand and train others on common OOP concepts and design patterns

• Self-review of skill gaps to cover our quarterly training hours

• Take ownership of change management and SDLC processes and tools

• Be able to give and receive feedback on requirements or code reviews

• Able to debug code across the entire technology stack

• Develop and document technical requirements and decisions

• Self-starter that conducts small proof-of-concept projects to test out improvements

• Take into consideration user experience and how to measure standard performance metrics

• Conduct training sessions on knowledge sharing within and outside assigned teams

• Establish strong relationships with business and IT members to deliver solid solutions

• Maintains a high level of professionalism, regardless of business or client level

• Confident in their own skill set to lead peers in expanding others' skills

• Consistently delivers high-quality services and products

• Able to provide adequate training and support to other colleagues on accessibility best practices

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Strong communication skills to collaborate with designers, developers, and other stakeholders

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years' of related work experience, 8+ years strongly preferred

• At least 2 years' experience of related ADA Compliance and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 

• Manage Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for various web technologies

• Experience using accessibility tools; Evinced, WAVE, or JAWS a plus

• Experience in mentoring staff on accessibility standards and tools

• Experience working in a team environment. Demonstrative proficiency building and running accessibility test plans.

• Experience with CI/CD accessibility testing a plus

• Understands secure coding practices preferred

• Experience in technical requirement gathering and documentation

• Must be able to work independently on projects and within a remote team environment

• Maintain effective relationships with business stakeholders and team members

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Have ability to travel on occasion based on business needs