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Saurabh Deotale

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Senior Accessibility & Front-End Engineer specializing in WCAG/ADA compliant inclusive UI architecture.

India

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What I'm looking for

I want to lead accessibility-first front-end delivery end-to-end—WCAG/ADA compliance, audits, remediation, and inclusive UI architecture—while using LangChain/LangGraph to speed up testing, reviews, and quality at scale.

I’m a Senior Accessibility & Front-End Engineer with 11+ years delivering WCAG 2.0/2.1, ADA, and Section 508-compliant enterprise applications across Fortune 500 clients. I specialize in accessibility audits, remediation, and inclusive UI architecture—ensuring accessibility is built in, not bolted on. I’m also a daily AI practitioner (LangChain, LangGraph, Prompt Engineering) to accelerate delivery and improve code quality at scale.

In my current role, I’ve architected and delivered 15+ WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant React/Next.js components, reducing the accessibility defect rate by ~40%. I’ve driven full ADA & Section 508 compliance for 3 large-scale enterprise platforms, eliminating legal risk exposure for a U.S. client base. I’ve also cut the audit-to-remediation cycle by 30% by introducing shift-left practices—embedding accessibility gates into sprint definition-of-done.

I’ve led teams through rigorous accessibility engineering at every stage: 50+ manual screen reader test sessions (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack), bi-weekly code reviews with WAVE and aXe, and collaboration with UX designers to prevent accessibility debt early. Previously, as an Accessibility Consultant, I delivered end-to-end accessibility audits and remediation roadmaps for 10+ U.S.-based clients and remediated 200+ accessibility violations. My earlier IAM and Java developer experience strengthens how I build robust, secure, and user-centered enterprise systems.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Principal Software Engineer

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AccionLabs India Pvt Ltd

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Architected and delivered 15+ WCAG 2.1 AA-compliant React/Next.js components, reducing the accessibility defect rate by ~40% across product releases. Drove ADA and Section 508 compliance across 3 enterprise platforms, cutting the audit-to-remediation cycle by 30% and improving PR review speed by an estimated 25% via AI-assisted tooling integration.

React Next.js WCAG 2.1 AA ADA Compliance Section 508 Compliance LangGraph

Technical Lead - Accessibility

Tech Mahindra

Dec 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Led a 4-member front-end team, delivering on-time sprints with zero critical accessibility regressions across six consecutive releases. Spearheaded WCAG 2.0/2.1, Section 508, and ADA remediation for two major client portals and created an ARIA component library adopted as the team baseline for new UI development.

ADA Compliance Section 508 Compliance Axe JAWS NVDA

Accessibility Consultant

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Jan 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 11 months)

Delivered end-to-end accessibility audits and remediation roadmaps for 10+ major U.S.-based clients across financial, healthcare, and retail sectors. Remediated 200+ accessibility violations in HTML/CSS/SCSS/JavaScript across web and iOS/Android mobile, elevating products to WCAG 2.1 AA while authoring gap analyses that informed roadmaps for 3 Fortune 500 organizations.

WCAG Gap Analysis WCAG 2.1 AA HTML SCSS JavaScript Mobile Accessibility (IOS Android)

IAM Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Jun 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 6 months)

Built secure browser-based IAM web applications using JavaScript and Core Java to enable role-based document access for enterprise users. Delivered authorization-focused functionality supporting enterprise access control requirements.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)JavaScript Role Based Access Control Authorization Security Engineering Web Applications

Java Developer

Ample Softech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Nov 2014 - Apr 2016 (1 year 5 months)

Delivered full-stack web applications using Core Java, Struts, Hibernate, JSP, and MySQL for internal enterprise workflows. Supported enterprise functionality across backend services and server-side rendered UI components.

Hibernate JSP MySQL Full Stack Web Development