Richard Fridrich
Staff Software Engineer at Outreach
Prague, Prague, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Fridrich is a Staff Software Engineer based in Prague with 14 years of professional experience focused on JavaScript development, mentoring, and public speaking. He has progressed from web and UI design roles to product management and senior engineering positions, now shaping engineering direction at Outreach. Richard is an active contributor to front-end open source—improving robustness and edge-case handling in projects like bootstrap-tour—bringing practical experience fixing tricky DOM/backdrop and selector bugs. He frequently teaches and presents at meetups and conferences, translating deep front-end knowledge into clear guidance for teams. Known for pragmatic refactors and reliable test additions, he blends hands-on coding with coaching to raise code quality across teams. His background in both product and engineering gives him a strong sense for user-focused technical decisions.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
economy, economy at Business AcademyBc., economy, computers, Bc., economy, computers at Technical University of Košice
English, Czech, Slovak
Stackoverflow
1,477reputation
2.7mreached
38answers
10questions
Github Skills (16)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
coffeescript10
testing9
bootstrap9
bootstra9
css8
xul6
html6
firefox6
google-chrome-extension6
jquery6
firefox-addon6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sorich87/bootstrap-tour
Dec 2013 - Apr 2014
Quick and easy product tours with Twitter Bootstrap Popovers
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the development of the bootstrap-tour library, focusing on improving its functionality and fixing bugs. Their work involved preventing the tour from attempting to scroll to non-existent elements and addressing issues related to backdrop and invalid selectors, and correcting logic in navigation. Further, the user refactored the code to enhance its robustness and avoid errors, and added a test to ensure correct behavior in a specific case.
bootstraptwitter-bootstrap
fczbkk/koderske-testy
Jul 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 9 months
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