Frontend Staff Engineer (Accessibility), 100% En remoto

Frontend Staff Engineer (Accessibility)

We are seeking a seasoned Frontend Staff Engineer with a deep specialization in accessibility to join DesignOps, the team responsible for our Design System : Druids. This role will be pivotal in defining, shaping, and leading the accessibility roadmap across the company. You will build the strategic vision for accessibility, drive execution, ensure we have scalable tooling, and champion best practices to maintain and elevate our accessibility standards. This position requires a combination of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership to embed accessibility at the core of our products and processes.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What Youll Do :

• Strategic Leadership :
• Establish a clear company-wide vision for accessibility, integrating it into our design and development processes.
• Advocate for accessibility as a key pillar of product quality and user experience.
• Tooling and Standards :
• Build scalable, reusable frameworks and tooling to integrate accessibility testing and compliance into our development processes.
• Update our Design System to comply with accessibility standards. For this and the previous point, youre expected to spend about half your time coding (React, TypeScript and CSS.)
• Identify and implement tools to streamline accessibility audits, testing, and compliance across teams.
• Maintain and update accessibility standards and documentation, ensuring alignment with evolving best practices and regulations.
• Expertise and Collaboration :
• Act as a subject-matter expert on accessibility, providing guidance to teams on technical implementations and trade-offs.
• Evangelize best practices and embed accessibility into our frontend communitys workflows.
• Represent accessibility priorities in planning sessions, design reviews, and retrospectives.
• Monitor industry trends and share insights to keep Datadog at the forefront of accessibility innovation.
• You will be required to participate in some customer calls as an accessibility expert.

Who You Are :

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth :

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

About Datadog :

Datadog (NASDAQ : DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

React, TypeScript, CSS, WCAG, ARIA