Fritz Jooste
Lead Front-end Developer And Designer at Code for America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolFritz Jooste is a Lead Front-end Developer and Designer with 11 years of experience, currently leading front-end efforts for Marketing and Communications at Code for America. He combines product-focused UI engineering with visual design, moving up from developer to lead inside the same civic-tech organization since 2017. Trained in psychology and global mental health (Rhodes, UCT, LSHTM/KCL), he brings atypical humanities-informed user research sensibilities to front-end design and accessibility. Fritz has run a web consultancy and continues to blend craft-level design with pragmatic engineering for government and nonprofit clients. Based in Washington, D.C., he is known for translating complex policy and service needs into clear, usable interfaces and for mentoring teams on design-driven front-end practices.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Social Science, Psychology & Social Anthropology, Bachelor of Social Science, Psychology & Social Anthropology at University of Cape TownMaster of Science (MSc), Global Mental Health, Master of Science (MSc), Global Mental Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of LondonMaster of Science - MS, Global Mental Health, Master of Science - MS, Global Mental Health at King's College LondonBachelor of Social Science (Honours), Psychology, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Social Science (Honours), Psychology, Cum Laude at Rhodes University
Github Skills (13)
wordpress10
php10
api10
pattern9
python9
jekyll9
javascript9
web-development9
design-patterns8
csharp8
hugo7
financial5
css2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
codeforamerica/cfaweb-blog-archive
Jan 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:8 PRs, 7 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years
hostingamericastatic-sitehostedarchive
codeforamerica/redirect
Mar 2018 - Oct 2022
Redirect places.
Contributions:3 reviews, 50 commits, 27 PRs in 4 years 8 months
wordpressphp
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