Senior Accessibility Engineer

Solving for inclusion requires empathy with users, building influential relationships, proposing bold ideas, and introducing new processes that integrate accessibility thinking into our product development. Your work will have a high impact as you partner with other engineers, designers, and user researchers to build the tools, processes, and frameworks needed to ensure Spotify experiences are accessible and inclusive for all our millions of users.
What You'll Do
Work day-to-day with an agile team of engineers, designers, user researchers, and product managers to build and maintain our central approach to accessibility
Collaborate with other engineering teams on code reviews, evolving our shared processes and tooling to support many teams working on Spotify's exciting range of products
Propose and lead initiatives that help achieve our goal of scaling accessibility and ultimately making the Spotify experience more inclusive
Educate, inspire, and influence fellow Spotifiers by sharing your knowledge and experience of accessibility through Spotify-specific guidelines and accessibility training based on findings from user research
Drive the adoption of accessibility across the company by partnering and occasionally embedding with our product teams as they update existing and build exciting new features
Find innovative approaches, improve the developer experience, and remove any friction teams may have when building accessible Spotify experiences
Who You Are
You have good knowledge and understanding of WCAG criteria and accessibility best practices
You are aware of the needs and challenges people with disabilities face when using software
You understand and are able to articulate the difference between web accessibility and mobile accessibility
You are comfortable using assistive technologies such as screen readers and accessibility features across various platforms (incl. VoiceOver, Talkback, Browser extensions, JAWS, and NVDA)
You have experience auditing and testing digital products for accessibility
You enjoy mentoring and supporting peers and engineering teams, fostering the best engineering and accessibility practices
You are eager to learn new technologies (we will support you with training & mentoring)
Where You'll Be
You'll be based in London, UK, or Stockholm, Sweden
Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Learn about life at Spotify
You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 500 million users.