Jason Wilson

Professional Summary

Experience

• Staff Front-End Engineer

  Deque Systems

  November 2023 - Present
  • Leading the architecture and development of a shared “recipe” component layer to standardize the UX for displaying accessibility issues across multiple product teams.
  • Architect, implement, and document complex ARIA components (e.g., Combobox, Menu) in Cauldron, establishing consistent behavioral patterns and reusable logic across all teams.
  • Re‑architect Cauldron documentation with MDX templates, reducing contributor onboarding time and improving docs consistency while allowing for both design and engineering contributions.
  • Collaborate across 7+ product teams to support front-end architecture decisions, aligning accessibility tooling and UI consistency in complex application environments.
  • Contribute to axe DevTools by developing user flow analysis features, enhancing the extension's ability to guide users through real-world accessibility testing scenarios.

• Senior Product Developer

  Deque Systems

  March 2019 - November 2023
  • Spearheaded modernization of axe DevTools, building a comprehensive end-to-end test suite to increase release confidence and partnered with design to unify UX patterns across light/dark modes.
  • Led implementation of many key features of the extension, including tools to guide users through interactive testing of their own websites to satisfy WCAG requirements.
  • Supported and scaled the extension leading to over 300k monthly users.

• Front End Engineer

  Education Advisory Board

  April 2017 - March 2019
  • Co-led accessibility efforts in a legacy Ruby on Rails application to meet WCAG 2.0 AA compliance.
  • Modernized e-mail templates to be responsive and in line with core branding.

• User Experience Engineer

  Daxko

  February 2016 - April 2017
  • Architected and guided the launch of Daxko Mobile, a new mobile application built using Cordova and React serving members of YMCAs and JCCs to over 200 different clients.
  • Implemented a build process in node for Daxko Mobile to package assets per client across both Android and iOS, reducing build times from hours to minutes.
  • Led weekly front-end guild, promoting new technologies and building modern SaaS web-based applications at scale.

• Interaction Designer

  Daxko

  October 2013 - February 2016
  • Developed a redesign for one of the most highly trafficked pages in the principal SaaS product with more than 4 million monthly hits using research performed in extensive usability sessions.
  • Performed a complete interface overhaul for several products updating an existing 6+ year old design and centralizing the look and feel under a more common UI framework.
  • Declared war on Silverlight - refactoring existing components to native HTML5 with progressive fallbacks to flash when necessary.
  • Introduced an automatic asset pipeline as part of the front-end build process; reducing the average number of asset requests per page from 40 down to less than 5.
  • Championed and developed a new design system with components, documentation, and accessibility to unify products. Worked with designers and other developers to ensure the needs of the users and the product were built directly into the system.

• Software Engineer

  Daxko

  April 2011 - October 2013
  • Led interaction design for an Accounting SaaS product serving member based non-profits.
  • Converted the core JavaScript library from a 5 year old version of EXTJS to the latest version of jQuery.
  • Created a web standards group to standardize specifications across all development.
  • Created a new set of icons to be used across all products.

• Application Developer → Software Engineer

  Infinity Insurance

  July 2007 - April 2011
  • Built and maintained internal tools and customer-facing web apps, modernized legacy front-end systems, and improved claims workflows and data integrity through UI and infrastructure enhancements.