Software Engineer - Accessibility & UI

United States

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FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) is the workplace of choice for Achievers with Heart. We are one of the largest and most trusted leadership companies in the world, with directly owned and licensee partner offices in over 160 countries and territories. With more than 2,000 global associates, FranklinCovey transforms organizations by partnering with clients to build leaders, teams, and cultures that get breakthrough results through collective action. Our services and products are primarily delivered through our subscription offerings, which are comprised of the FranklinCovey All Access Pass, which is primarily sold through our Enterprise Division, and the Leader in Me membership, which is designed specifically for our Education Division. Enterprise clients include Fortune 100, Fortune 500, thousands of small and mid-sized businesses, and numerous government entities. FranklinCovey Education has shared our programs, books, and content with thousands of public and private primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools and institutions.

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Title: Software Engineer - Accessibility & UI

Division & Department: Corporate Platform Development

Status: Full-Time Exempt

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Location: Remote – Anywhere in the contiguous US



Job Summary

Within the last five years, FranklinCovey has gone through a major transformation! We shifted from a typical training company to a tech-focused competitor with top-notch content. In 2018, we switched to subscription-based digital learning using our All-Access Pass platform. In 2021, we acquired Strive, a key player with clients like Slack, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Intuit. Now, we're positioned to lead in edtech. Our Platforms team is looking for great talent with a growth mindset to join and help grow our product.



As a Software Engineer specializing in accessibility, you will play a crucial role in building products that help organizations train their employees and address their most pressing people-related challenges at scale. You will collaborate with product, design, data, and content teams to develop a modern learning platform, with a focus on performance, scalability, and accessibility.



Essential Job Functions

Build

You will ship regularly and iteratively, writing testable, readable, and maintainable code.

Collaborate

Engineers participate early in the product development process. You will review quantitative and qualitative research about our clients and learners and weigh in on the product strategy and roadmap.
Advocate for and lead initiatives to ensure our software is accessible to the widest possible audience, in accordance with WCAG guidelines.

Support

You will work with the product, design, and support teams to ensure users get the most value from the products you've built.
Provide guidance and training to team members on accessibility standards and practices.



Additional Key Responsibilities

Focus primarily on frontend technologies, including React and JavaScript, while being open to full-stack work as needed.
Architect systems to handle significant user scale, emphasizing performance, security, and privacy.
Continually improve and share knowledge with the team through code reviews, presentations, and articles.



Basic Qualifications

5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer,
Experience with accessibility testing tools and techniques, such as screen readers, color contrast analyzers, and keyboard navigation testing.



Preferred Skills & Experience

Strong experience and focus on frontend, accessible development.
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
Demonstrated experience in implementing accessible design and development practices, ensuring products are usable by people with diverse abilities.
Proven track record of working with accessibility vendors and integrating accessibility features into existing systems.
Excellent written communication skills, this is a team that works via written words, so not it’s just an ability to write, but a desire to drive change via writing.
Familiarity with Python and Django. (About our Tech Stack - https://strive.notion.site/The-Tech-Stack-7e93bb6c96c24aeab8d9607b69be2ab7)



For location-specific compensation information:

California - Anticipated compensation for this position is $125-155k. Actual offer may be outside of this prediction and will be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market data.

Colorado - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=1rahaR

Hawaii - Not hiring in this location

Illinois - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=lzwmjv

Maryland - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=XoXPEa

Minnesota - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=UCNzYj

New Jersey - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=GVQHTX

New York - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=6bPfGs

Vermont - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=4l8O05

Washington - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=nL8Mgt

Washington DC - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EeE1xX5yE-NOnqG_FC8P49gBVxy-OhjjJCsLhbntVetyGg?e=FEUlCH

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA, employee stock purchasing program, 401(k), paid time off, holiday pay, and more. Please visit https://franklincoveybenefits.com/ for details.



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