Rachel Mbcs
Development Practice Lead at Nexer Digital
Marton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRachel Mbcs is a Development Practice Lead with nine years of experience shaping web and backend solutions, currently driving technical excellence and team delivery at Nexer Digital. She combines deep Umbraco, C#, and SQL Server expertise with a strong front-end accessibility focus—her open-source contributions improved ARIA support and screen-reader behavior in the popular Umbraco CMS. Rachel champions inclusive, sustainable engineering practices, treating accessibility and environmental impact as design principles rather than afterthoughts. A proven leader and mentor, she has led squads and backend teams while architecting integrations with Dynamics, Salesforce and payment gateways. Based in Marton, UK, she brings a pragmatic balance of craft, social responsibility, and operational discipline to complex public- and private-sector digital services.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of York
Github Skills (10)
html10
accessibility10
umbraco10
cms10
javascript10
css8
angularjs8
asp-net-core5
dotnet-core4
csharp4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
umbraco/Umbraco-CMS
Nov 2016 - Oct 2022
Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system helping you deliver delightful digital experiences.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:8 reviews, 32 commits, 47 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Rachel primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the Umbraco CMS user interface. Their contributions involved adding ARIA attributes, updating labels, and implementing screen reader-friendly text across various components, including text boxes, editor headers, and the login screen. They also addressed issues with page titles and ensured better accessibility for the log viewer and macro picker, demonstrating a commitment to creating a more inclusive user experience. These changes indicate a strong understanding of front-end development principles with a specific focus on accessibility best practices.
cmscontent-management-systemheadless-cmsaspumbraco
RachBreeze/UmbracoDocs
Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
The official Umbraco Documentation
Contributions:16 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 3 months
umbraco
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