Kirsten Thomas
Web Accessibility Engineer at Apple
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKirsten Thomas is a Web Accessibility Engineer with nine years of software engineering experience and over five years focused specifically on accessibility, currently improving inclusive experiences for the Apple Online Store. She blends front-end expertise in React and TypeScript with UX design and accessibility testing across assistive technologies like VoiceOver and smart zoom, frequently pairing with engineers to remediate complex issues in headless CMS and templating stacks. Kirsten has led remediation teams and designed tooling to automate accessibility reporting, and she has a track record of running department-wide training to scale accessible practices. With a BS in Computer Science and an MS in User Experience Design, she uniquely bridges engineering, design, and program-level advocacy to translate accessibility requirements into practical, production-ready solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinComputer Science, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS User Experience Design, Master of Science - MS User Experience Design at Kent State University
Swedish, Spanish, English
Github Skills (12)
react-select10
react9
accessibility9
component-library8
javascript8
css8
ui-components8
typescript7
assistive-technology2
axe1
wcag1
java1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kethomas/collatz-tests
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:4 pushes in 2 months
kethomas/googlebooks
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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