# Toni Carlson > Senior Software Engineer | UI/UX | Accessibility Location: Greater Indianapolis, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tonicarlson Senior software engineer with over 5 years of experience in full stack software development and particularly skilled with frontend technical skills, user interfaces and experiences, and adhering to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Dedicated to creating user-friendly and accessible solutions that empower users and drive positive outcomes. Empowering communicator who blends technology solutions with strong soft skills and business objectives to deliver exceptional results. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Pearson Jan 2024 – Present Utilized design, UX, and development skills to create accessible software for K-12 students to take assessments. • Building complex interactive learning tools as embeddable web components using LitElement and TypeScript. • Mentoring a junior developer by helping her improve code cleanliness, creating and utilizing components to reduce code duplication and improve scalability, and informing about accessibility best practices. • Creating teamwide documentation to improve team efficiency and improve autonomy. • Regularly providing thorough code reviews with valuable feedback to point team members to best practices. • Focusing on responsiveness of the application and ensuring functionality across varying types of devices. • Leading design decisions, creating SVGs using Figma, and implementing pixel-perfect frontend changes. • Building team rapport by utilizing team Slack channels, asking for team consensus when making notable changes, and creating a regularly scheduled collaboration time for engineers to work together. • Meeting regularly with the accessibility team to ensure our accessibility updates go beyond just meeting WCAG 2.1 and prioritize usability for the user. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Panorama Education Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote • Tech Stack: Vue, JavaScript, Ruby, Rails, HAML, ERB, HTML5 with ARIA, SASS/SCSS/CSS, Jest, Rspec • Accessibility Testing Tools: VoiceOver, Axe, Lighthouse, ARC Toolkit, ESLint • Tools: Git version control, Github, Visual Studio, Docker, Colima, Dinghy, Yarn, Vite, ESLint, Rubocop, Jira, Figma, Google Suite, Slack • Conducted code reviews regularly by examining peer’s code to ensure clean, bug-free code as well as testing the code in the browser to ensure it met WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. • Achieved WCAG 2.1 AA compliance fully in two products and made iterative accessibility improvements to another product. • Brought up accessibility concerns at the concept and design-level offering alternative solutions to maintain the vision but in a manner that had enhanced accessibility. • Completed complex projects with engineers, a product manager, and a designer in an Agile environment consistently meeting deadlines with minimal to no bugs in the finished product. • Volunteered to teach coworkers entry-level Ruby basics via a Learn to Code working group. • Collaborated with lead designers to expand upon and significantly modify the design system. ### Software Developer @ Gleim Exam Prep Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Remote • Tech Stack: HTML5 with ARIA, XHTML, PHPTAL, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Twig, PHP, XML, MySQL • Accessibility Testing Tools: NVDA, ARC Toolkit, ANDI • Tools: Git version control, Hg/Mercurial, GitLab, Visual Studio, VIM, in-house quality control system • Collaborated with a large development team using a variety of languages to enhance and add features to a multi-exam prep web application. • Achieved WCAG 2.1 AA compliance on a series of web courses by passionately seeking to understand accessibility needs, collaborating with other developers, and setting an example to other developers about how to achieve this goal by helping them individually to understand and implement accessibility correctly. Became the “go-to” person for accessibility questions. ### Java, C++, & Math Tutor @ Varsity Tutors Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | Remote • Taught Java and C++ to entry-level learners and 2nd - calculus math to a variety of learners. • Earned bonuses for receiving exceptional feedback from students and parents. ### Technology Integration Specialist, Teacher @ The Potter's House Christian Academy Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States 1st - 6th Technology, 7th & 8th Digital Citizenship, 7th/8th STEM (2019) K5 - 6th Technology, 7th STEM (2018 - 2019) • Enhanced teachers’ ability to connect with their students and become more efficient by helping them integrate technology. • Increased productivity and cohesiveness of school by setting up cloud files to allow staff to see live updates from other staff members. • Taught proper typing techniques. • Prepared students for the dangers of the online world by teaching digital citizenship. • Met various needs in the school by programming Excel spreadsheets. • Maximized the use of student Chromebooks by setting up Google Suite for all students and staff to use, which included Google Classroom. • Hosted trainings for Renweb, Hapara, Google Suite, and Google Chrome. • Was the hands and feet of the the on-call IT manager which allowed him to complete higher priority tasks and keep the school running smoothly. • Multi-tasked the duties of a resource teacher, middle school teacher, and technology integration specialist each day. ### Teacher @ Mater Academy Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 6th Technology & Writing, 3rd - 5th Technology, 7th Math Enrichment (2017 - 2018) • Prepared students for the dangers of the online world by teaching digital citizenship to 3rd - 6th grade with a focus on writing and literacy skills. • Helped students pass their math classes by giving 7th grade students specialized and individualized help. 5th English Language Arts & Writing (2016 - 2017) • Enhanced the learning environment by using Chromebooks daily by utilizing the software component of the Wonders curriculum and digital libraries. • My students scored the highest passing rate out of 3rd-8th grade on the ELA portion of the SBAC. ### Private Tutor @ Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta Metropolitan Area Tutored grades 4-11 in math, reading, and writing ### Sales Associate @ Encore on the Square Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Carrollton, Georgia, United States • Supervised furniture consignment store; independently completed tasks and solved customer conflicts. ### Computer Science Teacher’s Assistant & Tutor @ University of West Georgia Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Carrollton, Georgia, United States • Helped peers pass their classes by tutoring a variety of programming languages (HTML, Java, C++, C#). • Assisted professors with grading and assisted students in their classroom who needed individualized help. • Was so successful at tutoring peers that I was requested personally to tutor peers one-on-one. ### Animated Tutorial Designer | Computer Science Teacher’s Assistant @ University of West Georgia Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Carrollton, Georgia, United States • Successfully replaced a beginner computer science course for new incoming students by creating a Adobe Flash animation tutorial video describing the basics of how Java programming language is understood, written, and implemented successfully. • Presented the successful results of the tutorial videos to other computer science professionals at the Association for Computing Machinery 2012 convention in Tennessee. ## Education ### Bachelors of Science in Computer Science University of West Georgia Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### ARL Graduate in Accelerated Teacher Licensure Program Nevada Teacher Corps Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 ### Interior Design Georgia Southern University Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/toni-carlson --- Source: https://flows.cv/tonicarlson JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tonicarlson/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23