Ari Rizzitano
Software Engineering Manager at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolAri Rizzitano is a seasoned Software Engineering Manager in Greater Boston with 13 years of experience leading full-stack and front-end efforts, currently focused on instant payments fraud and risk mitigation at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He blends hands-on engineering with people leadership—mentoring teams, coordinating cross-team delivery, and driving architectural direction while still shipping high-quality UIs. Ari has a strong accessibility and universal-design background from leading an open source design system at edX and consulting on WCAG/Section 508 compliance for higher ed and government clients. His contributions to the Open edX video player underscore a practical commitment to improving UX and accessibility at scale. Known as a thoughtful technical player-coach, he advocates mindful automation to make systems and teams more resilient.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Media Arts and Sciences, B.A. Media Arts and Sciences at Wellesley College
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Github Skills (19)
accessibility10
javascript10
movie-player10
video-player10
player10
videojs10
frontend10
web-frontend10
react9
html8
css7
iframe6
google-chrome6
google-maps6
google-visualization6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Dec 2016 - May 2018
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 78 PRs, 270 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ari primarily contributed to the front-end components of the Open edX platform, specifically focusing on improving video captions and the video player's user interface. Their work involved fixing bugs, modifying the focus order, enhancing the accessibility features, and adjusting the presentation of the video speed control. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on improving the user experience and accessibility of the video player.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
cityofsomerville/stat_dashboard_frontend
Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:51 PRs, 100 pushes, 50 branches in 1 year 4 months
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