System Engineer (Frontend Accessibility)

Location: On-site in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Salary: $168,000–$200,000 per year

Company

Belay Technologies is a Maryland-based technology and engineering services company delivering systems automation, full-stack development, and solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain front-end components and user interfaces for the RAD system.
• Ensure interfaces conform to Section 508 and WCAG 2.1/2.2 A/AA accessibility standards.
• Perform manual and automated accessibility testing with JAWS and other assistive technologies.
• Remediate issues involving keyboard navigation, focus management, ARIA, semantic HTML, and color contrast.
• Document audit findings, produce compliance reports, and collaborate with designers, developers, product owners, QA, and DevOps.
• Integrate tools such as axe-core, Pa11y, and Lighthouse into CI/CD pipelines and participate in Agile ceremonies.

Requirements

• TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph required.
• Bachelor’s degree or qualifying additional software engineering experience; at least three years of software development or engineering experience.
• At least three years of experience with high-level programming languages such as Java, C, C++, or JavaScript and with Windows or UNIX/Linux systems.
• Front-end development experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, preferably Vue, plus hands-on JAWS testing and familiarity with assistive technologies.
• Strong knowledge of Section 508, WCAG 2.1/2.2 A/AA, ARIA authoring practices, semantic HTML, accessible forms, keyboard navigation, and focus management.
• Experience with accessibility auditing tools, Git, Jira, Confluence, software integration, testing, technical documentation, and object-oriented systems.

Nice to have

• Experience producing VPATs or Accessibility Conformance Reports for federal agencies.
• Experience with automated accessibility testing in CI/CD, Cypress, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS.
• Familiarity with government reporting and dissemination policies.
• Experience with the listed technologies, including React, Angular, Java, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, AWS, and web services.

Culture & Benefits

• Eight weeks of paid leave, including personal leave, paid holidays, birthday leave, and volunteer leave options.
• 10% 401(k) matching vested on the first day.
• $5,000 annual training or tuition benefit and a student loan repayment program.
• Company-funded HSA, medical and dental coverage, and company-funded life insurance.
• Additional benefits include gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, referral bonuses, pet adoption support, and company events.