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You will be the first hire for a new accessibility team at GitLab! Working alongside the UX Paper Cuts team, the Design Systems team, designers and frontend engineers across GitLab, you will help us make the GitLab product and Pajamas Design System more accessible. You will help lead accessibility initiatives, improve our accessibility workflows and train and mentor other GitLab team members in digital accessibility.
At first, you will help us work through a backlog of issues already identified and over time you’ll help identify new issues, create well-organized backlogs, help improve our tooling, documentation and processes – all while reporting our progress against accessibility as a company.
This role will report into a product design manager and we are looking for someone who can work independently, being proactive, self-organizing and isn’t afraid to take the lead on and work through a large, technical backlog of accessibility issues.
Come help make GitLab more accessible for millions of people!
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Bring
About the team
The role will see the creation of a new accessibility team GitLab focused on making the GitLab product and Pajamas design system more accessible for our users. The accessibility team will work closely with other technically minded design teams inside our Foundations stage including the UX Paper Cuts team and the Pajams Design System team.
Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.