Josefine Schaefer (DE)
Accessibility Engineer at Storyblok
Frontend developer, Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies and international speaker on making the web more inclusive
Based in Hamburg, Germany
Meet Josefine at:
Hamburg Collaboration Meeting 26
Presentation: TBD
Date: November 26
About Josefine Schaefer
Josefine is a frontend developer and accessibility advocate. She has been an Accessibility Engineer at Storyblok since 2024, working to bring the company’s products in line with the WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Her passion is making the web a more inclusive, accessible space for everyone.
She joined Storyblok in 2022 as a Developer Relations Engineer in its fully remote team. She is also a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Web Technologies and an ambassador for GirlCode and Women Techmakers. She holds the CPACC accessibility certification.
Before moving into tech, Josefine studied languages and communication and worked in marketing, public relations and copywriting. Together with two friends, Alba Silvente Fuentes and Arisa Fukuzaki, she co-hosts As ANY, a bi-weekly podcast.
About Storyblok
Storyblok is a headless CMS founded in 2017 in Linz, Austria, by Dominik Angerer and Alexander Feiglstorfer. It combines a flexible API-first architecture with a visual editor, so developers and marketers can work together on content across websites, apps and other channels.
The company works remotely, with a team spread across more than 40 countries. More than 500 enterprise customers use Storyblok, including Netflix, Adidas, Renault, T-Mobile and Oatly.