Analyst, Accessibility, YouTube Developer Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with assistive technology (e.g., screen readers, switch access, magnification), and with accessibility checking tools (e.g., Accessibility Scanner, Lighthouse).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with accessibility and stakeholder management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders, with excellent problem solving, people management and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of accessibility guidelines, standards (e.g., WCAG) and best practices, including how to implement these guidelines.
• Knowledge of assistive technology tools and applications (screen readers, etc.).
• Ability to develop, understand, and apply domain-specific or technical knowledge to complete work and support organizational priorities.
• Passion for accessibility and advocating for the needs of people with disabilities.

About the job

In this role, you'll collaborate with all YouTube product teams, other tools and shared technology teams, core technology teams, UX, legal, and other peers to guide and empower them to build software that is accessible and satisfying to our users with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Guide and empower YouTube product teams to improve accessibility of their products.
• Assist in developing accessibility evaluation plans, strategies to adequately vet products and features (via gathering requirements, organizing data, documenting steps). Execute accessibility assessments with direct guidance and supervision.
• Perform testing applicable to policies, standards, laws with guidance. Submit and track accessibility tools and solve issues with designers and developers in team.
• Identify issues that negatively impact users with disabilities (e.g., missing captions, poor contrast, incorrect swipe/tab order, issues with keyboard navigation). Partner with cross-functional organizations to maintain, evolve, and expand guidance for emerging technologies.
• Be a subject matter expert and provide technical consultation and expertise to support product teams in implementing accessibility standards and policies.