UI Accessibility Engineer

Job description

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!

Available Locations: Austin, TX

About the Role

We’re looking for a passionate and detail-oriented UI Engineer with a deep commitment to accessibility to join our team. This role is central to ensuring our user interfaces are inclusive, compliant, and delightful for everyone. You’ll lead our accessibility efforts across the organization; from scheduling audits and driving remediation to building tooling that automates a11y best practices.

You’ll lead our accessibility efforts and partner closely with engineering and design teams to ensure our products are usable and inclusive by default. In addition to driving audits, workshops, and best practices, you’ll also contribute directly to our UI codebase; applying the same standards you promote across the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive accessibility compliance: Schedule and lead accessibility audits, triage findings, and follow up with teams to ensure timely remediation.
• Build tooling and automations: Integrate accessibility linting, testing, and CI pipelines to catch issues early and reduce friction.
• Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate with designers, engineers, and PMs to embed accessibility from ideation through delivery.
• Empower teams through education: Host workshops, office hours, and async training to upskill teams on a11y best practices and practical implementation.
• Maintain living documentation: Own and update a centralized, shareable accessibility compliance report used by internal stakeholders (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Legal).
• Contribute to the UI codebase: Support general UI engineering needs when accessibility demands are light (if ever!).

Technologies We Use

React, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Storybook, LevelAccess, Chromatic, ESLint, Playwright, GitLab CI/CD, Lighthouse, Aria-Components, Webpack, Vite

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building modern UI applications with a strong emphasis on accessibility.
• Deep knowledge of WCAG guidelines (2.¹⁄₂.2), WAI-ARIA patterns, and common accessibility testing tools.
• Hands-on experience integrating accessibility into developer workflows (e.g., linting, automated tests, CI).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advocate for and teach accessibility concepts across levels and disciplines.
• Pragmatic mindset, capable of balancing compliance with usability and development velocity.
• Strong organizational skills to manage cross-team follow-ups, reports, and documentation.

Preferred Skills

• Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
• Experience with accessibility audit platforms (e.g., Deque Axe Monitor, LevelAccess, ARC Toolkit).
• Familiarity with enterprise compliance needs (e.g., VPATs, accessibility statements).
• Previous experience maintaining shared documentation or internal portals.
• Contributions to UI design systems or component libraries with a11y in mind.

Why Join Us?

• Be the driving force for accessibility across a high-impact, widely used UI platform.
• Champion inclusive design and engineering practices at scale.
• Tackle meaningful challenges that improve the experience for millions of users.
• Enjoy a flexible, supportive environment where accessibility is a first-class concern.

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we’ve equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers–at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we’ve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person’s, perceived or actualrace, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

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