Web Accessibility Developer (WCAG, JAWS)

Who is Markit Digital

We design, develop, and host data rich, full featured, and high traffic web and mobile applications for financial institutions, brokerages, and media clients from all over the world. We leverage a combination of our mature .NET stack along with the latest and greatest the industry has to offer to deliver some of the fastest and most utilized applications in the financial industry. We work closely in teams to promote an inclusive environment with tons of idea sharing.

What you'll do at Markit Digital

Contribute to a cross-functional team who are building amazing web sites for some of the biggest names in the financial industry
Work with our clients to build comprehensively usable applications that meet WCAG 2.0 standards.
Mentor and learn from developers of all levels, evangelizing your knowledge and best practices to colleagues
Work with our clients to improve their current offerings in addition to conceptualizing new ways to engage with their clients

How you'll do it at Markit Digital

Leverage your 4-7 years of industry experience to provide your team with feedback and expertise
Leverage your understanding of web accessibility and apply it to your finely honed web application development skills

Satisfy your natural craving for problem solving by building proof-of-concepts and designing applications
Tap into your passion for building intuitive, performant, and secure web experiences to create the next generation of industry leading web sites
You're smart and motivated enough to find a way, even if you don't know how yet
You will help balance project timelines and team commitments in an exciting fast paced environment

Required Skills

Major Accessibility Tech: JAWS, NVDA, Dragon Naturally Speaking,
JavaScript, HTML, CSS
jQuery, Bootstrap, LESS. SASS
.NET MVC with C#

Additional Desired Skillsets

NPM, Gulp, Continuous Integration Tools
Angular, React, or Vue
NodeJS
SQL
Web Accessibility
Web Site Security
IT degree or related professional experience

Where we're going

Hot on the heels of moving our service-oriented architecture to the cloud and automating our deployments and configurations, we're rolling out new tools to our stack like React, and Vue. We are always on the lookout for ways to make our sites more secure, scalable, and fast. We are continuing to explore our wealth of new data sources outside of the financial markets to pioneer new market spaces like virtual and augmented reality.

This position is not eligible for relocation assistance or visa sponsorship at this time.

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IHS Markit is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws and regulations in any of our locations.

We are proud to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with IHS Markit and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please contact or call +1 212 849 0399. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are considered on a case-by-case basis. This contact information (email and phone) is intended for application assistance and accommodation requests only. We are unable to accept resumes or provide information about application status through the phone number or email address above. Resumes are only accepted through the online application process, and only qualified candidates will receive consideration and follow-up.

IHS Markit maintains a substance-free workplace. In addition, in the United States, we perform pre-employment drug testing and are required as a federal contractor to participate in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work.