AI Engineer

Career Fulfillment & Culture
People come to work for Deque because of what we do: enable businesses and
organizations to make their sites and apps accessible to everyone, including people
with disabilities. The personal fulfillment employees feel here is unparalleled. In addition
to the altruistic nature of our jobs, the organizational structure is extremely flat and
welcoming. Women-owned and operated, Deque CEO Preety Kumar is internationally
revered for her down-to-earth personality and work ethic. Deque's core values are
central to our culture of customer satisfaction. Do you share them?

● Innovation with results that matter
● Deliver what you promise
● Can-do attitude
● Open, direct & respectful communications
● We care deeply
● We practice humility

At Deque, you’ll work with the best and brightest minds in the industry, sharing best
practices, tackling new issues and uncovering new approaches. Accessibility
Consultants at Deque also love their jobs because of the support systems in place.
Deque experts regularly contribute to W3C Accessibility Working Groups and
collectively hold more CPACC, WAS, & CPWA certifications issued by the IAAP than
any accessibility testing company in the world.

Position Description

Deque is seeking an AI Engineer to join our Scan & Results Team. This position will
play a key role in applying state-of-the-art machine learning and AI techniques to
enhance automated accessibility testing, drive intelligent analysis of scan results, and
develop algorithms that add value to our product suite. You will work to build scalable
ML systems that integrate into our core products, and ensure they are robust, ethical,
and aligned with Deque’s mission of digital equality.

The ideal candidate would have experience deploying ML models in production
environments, preferably in the domains of computer vision, and NLP. An understanding
of supervised and unsupervised learning, model evaluation, data science, and
responsible AI principles is essential. Prior work in accessibility or web technologies is a
plus.

Primary Responsibilities

● Process and collect data for AI systems, create and maintain data pipelines for
developing and deploying AI algorithms at scale
● Research the state of the art in AI/ML and creatively apply it to our mission of
digital equality
● Design and develop algorithms using AI/ML to enhance our product suite and
increase automation
● Contribute to technical documentation and share findings with stakeholders
through demos, presentations, and reports
● Evaluate algorithm performance using rigorous statistical and domain-relevant
metrics, iterating for continual improvement
● Participate in code reviews, team planning, and cross-functional collaborations to
ensure high engineering standards


Requirements

● 3+ years of experience in machine learning or AI engineering, with a strong focus
on deploying models in production environments.
● Proficiency with Python and common ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch,
Scikit-learn, or Hugging Face Transformers.
● Experience building and maintaining scalable ML infrastructure
● Strong back-end engineering skills, including designing APIs, integrating with
cloud services, and building infrastructure to support ML workflows.
● Hands-on experience with data engineering tools and workflows (e.g., AWS
Glue, Athena, Spark, or similar).
● Strong understanding of model lifecycle management, including training,
evaluation, deployment, and monitoring in real-world systems.
● Familiarity with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and an interest in
digital accessibility.
● Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ML concepts to
both technical and non-technical audiences.
Additional Skills
● Computer Vision, NLP
● Docker & AWS
● Accessibility knowledge


About Deque

Deque (pronounced dee-cue) is a web accessibility software and services company,
and our mission is Digital Equality. We believe everyone, regardless of their ability, should have equal access to the information, services, applications, and everything else
on the web.

We work with enterprise-level businesses and organizations to ensure that their sites
and mobile apps are accessible. With over 475,000 extensions installed and over 5,000 audit projects completed, Deque is the industry standard. Join our growing family as we work to make the web a better place for everyone.

Job Location
● Remote Europe (United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands)
● Remote US
● Remote India