Deque Careers
Deque is on a mission to make the Web Accessible to everyone. We have numerous commercial and government clients. If you want to push the edges of Web Technology, help customers develop leading-edge web applications that are also WCAG and Section 508 compliant, you need to be on our team.
Visit our Current Job Openings page for immediate consideration
Sales/Business Development
Deque is expanding its business with Federal, State and local governments in the US and with Canadian Federal and Provincial and local governments. If you have a proven track record in selling web-development or web-based solutions to Government and have built solid relationships with your customers find out how you can ramp up your career with Deque.
Deque is also growing its US commercial business rapidly and needs more sales stars on its team. If you come with a track record of sales performance and solid, trusting relationships with customers who buy web-development tools and are responsible for web application development, eCommerce or customer service sites we would be delighted to explore your potential fit with our team.
Contact us via email at HR@deque.com.
Developers
Deque is looking for developers and designers interested in creating the best front-end user experiences and the fastest, most scalable back end server infrastructure. We have recently moved to a modern MVC framework and are utilizing leading-edge tools and practices such as:
- Agile development
- AJAX
- Aspect-oriented programming
- ORM and more
- User Interface Designers
- Technical Writers
Do you have in-depth experience in the software industry? Deque has a lot to offer. In addition to a great working environment where you make a difference every day, Deque is a woman-owned and woman-led company that values diversity.
If you join us now as a developer or intern, you will have an opportunity to define the next generation of Deque products. And you will do this while helping to define the state of the art in products that help large companies make their websites and web applications accessible to people with disabilities.
Who said you cant have fun and do good at the same time?
Come and help us push the limits.
Quality Assurance Engineers
Deque is currently revamping the entire product suite. Deque finds itself as a leader in a rapidly growing market and is in the process of creating development processes that are more mature and more repeatable. As part of this effort, Deque is looking for someone to come in and establish a QA practice within the organization. The person must be detail oriented, be able to work hands-on while at the same time being able to think and plan long term working to achieve consistency in the quality of the products that Deque creates. While initially, this person will be the only QA engineer on the team, we would ideally like someone who has managed other quality engineers and/or is capable of growing into a management capacity. The person should have strong skills in configuring, using and installing software, operating systems an applications. Be able to do some scripting and automation. Be able to work on a distributed team.
3+ years of software QA experience is strongly desired. Experience with Selenium is a plus, a bachelor degree in computer science is desired.
The location is flexible as the candidate will be working with other team members on a virtual team.
Title, salary and benefits will be market competitive and based on the level of skills and experience of the successful candidate.
Applicants MUST download, install, use and review the Worldspace FireEyes tool from here http://www.deque.com/products/deque-labs/worldspace-fireeyes. The review of the tool must be included in the cover letter with your application (see below).
Applications MUST include a personalized cover letter that details why you would like to work for the company and reviews the Worldspace FireEyes tool. Generic applications and generic cover letters will result in the application being denied.
Contact us via email at dequelabs.hr@deque.com.
Section 508 Testers
Position Summary
The candidate will work onsite in Washington D.C. to assist a Federal Government Agency in complying with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act by conducting Section 508 testing of software applications, web pages, and documents. The candidate will be joining a small team of highly regarded experts that provide accessibility services to a Federal Agency.
Responsibilities include day-to-day interaction with the lead Federal tester and customers of the Federal test team, collaboration on test methodologies and procedures and writing detailed reports on issues found in application under test.
The successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of the Section 508 standards, will take initiative to learn emerging technologies and their impact on Section 508 compliance, have excellent technical writing skills, be able to work with minimal direction and will work closely in support of the Federal test team’s goals.
Duties
- Conduct Section 508 compliance testing of web sites, software applications and documents using the Section 508 technical accessibility standards
- Provide technical assistance and remediation guidance to developers
- Interpret and apply the Section 508 technical standards to a wide variety of environments and applications to ensure compliance
- Document testing methodologies
- Write Section 508 compliance reports which delineate an application’s compliance with the appropriate set of technical standards
- Recommend potential solutions by evaluating new and emerging assistive technologies designed to increase accessibility in the network environment
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of Section 508 testing experience of software, web, and documents (preferably all three)
- A track record of auditing and documenting compliance against the Section 508 technical standards
- Skilled at preparing management and technical reports
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Punctilious follow through and attention to detail
- A recent track record with hands-on Section 508 testing of complex software interface layouts involving UI elements such as Custom Windows Controls, Java Applets and applications, Oracle Forms applications, Flash content, AJAX and other Web 2.0 Internet technologies
- Experience in use of testing instruments such as Object Inspector, screen reader software (JAWS, Windows Eyes, NVDA), screen magnification software, voice recognition software etc.
- Experience with PDF document accessibility testing and remediation
- Well versed with WCAG 2.0 technical standards
- BS/BA degree preferred
Deque offers a competitive base salary, a bonus plan, health insurance benefits, tuition reimbursement as well as 15 days paid vacation and 401(k) plan participation.
Resume and Cover letter may be submitted to hr@deque.com.