Klara Schmitt
Principal Accessibility Engineer at Esri
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKlara Schmitt is a Principal Accessibility Engineer with over a decade of experience shaping inclusive product design and web experiences at Esri, where she transitioned from Principal Product Designer on ArcGIS Hub to lead accessibility efforts. She blends a visual design foundation (BFA in Web Page Digital/Multimedia) with hands-on web development and long-standing consulting work, enabling practical, user-centered solutions across enterprise mapping products. Known for translating complex GIS interfaces into accessible workflows, Klara pairs strategic product thinking with attention to front-end implementation details. Based in the United States, she brings a rare combination of design sensibility and accessibility engineering that helps teams meet both user needs and technical standards.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at The Art InstitutesGeneral Studies: English, General Studies: English at Elizabethtown College
Github Skills (29)
accessibility10
arcgis-online10
esri10
component-library10
web-components9
typescript9
arcgis-js-api9
jstree9
react8
design-patterns8
javascript8
ui-components8
bootstrap8
css7
web-development6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FelFly/calcite-bootstrap
Apr 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
bootstrap4bootstrap5cssbootstrap-4build-system
FelFly/hub-resource-directory
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
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