Maggie Wachs
Associate Director Of Engineering Senior Web Accessibility Engineer
Bedford, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaggie Wachs is an engineering leader and accessibility specialist with 17 years of front-end experience, now serving as Associate Director of Engineering and Senior Web Accessibility Engineer at CivicActions. She blends hands-on UI development—evidenced by contributions to prominent jQuery projects like jQuery Mobile and jQuery UI—with strategic leadership in building pattern libraries, training teams, and embedding accessible, performant practices into client work. Her career spans agency and freelance roles where she translated design intent into resilient, responsive interfaces for brands and nonprofits. Maggie’s background in human development gives her a user-centered perspective that informs pragmatic accessibility solutions and team coaching.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Human Development, Abnormal Psychology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Human Development, Abnormal Psychology at Cornell UniversityCitrus High School
Github Skills (11)
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css10
uid10
javascript10
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ui-design10
jquery10
debug9
application-framework9
app-framework9
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jquery/jquery-ui
Dec 2008 - Apr 2011
The official jQuery user interface library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:57 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Maggie primarily contributed to the jQuery UI library, focusing on front-end development tasks. Their commits involved adding and modifying UI elements, specifically related to the progressbar, icons, accordion, and slider components. The contributions included adding new classes, fixing icon placements, and updating demo pages with new markup, highlighting a focus on UI design and implementation.
user-interfacejavascriptjquery
jquery-archive/jquery-mobile
Dec 2010 - Feb 2012
jQuery Mobile Framework
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Maggie primarily contributed to the jQuery Mobile Framework by implementing styling and event updates for the datepicker component. They also fixed a bug related to theme inheritance for form elements, ensuring the correct styling across different page containers. Additionally, the user addressed a bug within the slider component, updating the slider's toggle behavior when the underlying select element changes. Finally, they made documentation updates including renaming folders and correcting language errors.
mobile-frameworkjqueryjquery-mobilejavascriptandroid
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