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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility - **Company:** Synthesia - **Location:** München, Germany (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €120,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Applications, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Cypress (Programming Language), Playwright, Figma, Front End Software Development - **Published:** June 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=952f7d021ddb88d4 ## About the Role Do you have experience in React?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * At least five (5) years of experience as a software engineer, at least 3 on the senior/lead level. * Proven track record driving accessibility for a large web application (measurable results). * Deep frontend expertise (React/TS), Storybook, axe-core/pa11y, Playwright/Cypress. * Knowledge of WCAG requirements. * Strong cross-org influence and communication skills. * Experience integrating accessibility into continuous Integration flows and Design System * Experience with LLM/AI tools applied to accessibility audits and remediation. Nice to haves: * Design skills (i.e. Figma) would be a nice to have. * Experience with media/video accessibility (captions, audio descriptions, player controls). * Prior experience building accessibility teams or programs. ## Description * You will drive execution and promote DS partnerships and deliverables: baseline audit, prioritise remediation, DS coverage, CI automation, and production monitoring. * Ship technical fixes and lead cross-team remediation efforts. * Partner with Design System, Product, Design, Legal, and External Audit provider to embed accessibility in workflows. * Educate specific team members to drive accessibility standards in their org. * Run user testing with assistive tech and integrate findings into product decisions. * Design and operate AI-assisted tooling to scale audits and remediation (with human-in-the-loop guardrails). * You will consider the long-term direction of the team, making sure that we are developing the engineering capabilities that will allow us to stay ahead of the challenges we are likely to encounter in 6-12 months' time., At Synthesia we're passionate about building, not talking, planning or politicising. We strive to hire the smartest, kindest and most unrelenting people and let them do their best work without distractions. Our work principles serve as our charter for how we make decisions, give feedback and structure our work to empower everyone to go as fast as possible. You can find out more about these principles here., * 45min call with an Engineering Manager about your past projects * 75min Live Coding interview, a collaboration exercise with our Engineer (not Leetcode style) * 60min System Design, technical discussion usually about a real problem we had in production * 45min call with leadership, focus on examples of collaboration, growth and going through details of your future team You can find more details on what to expect and how to prepare HERE. 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