Scott De Jonge is a Senior Frontend Engineer based in Sydney with 12 years of experience crafting accessible, efficient, and inclusive UI/UX using design systems. He blends a background in multimedia design with hands-on frontend engineering at companies like GitLab and Hireup, consistently shipping interfaces that work on any device and connection. Scott’s work includes creating the open-source Map Icons library for Google Maps, demonstrating a knack for practical, reusable UI tooling. Known for making complex interactions obvious and universal, he pairs product-minded design sensibilities with production-grade frontend implementation.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BMMD, Multimedia Design, BMMD, Multimedia Design at The University of Queensland
An icon font for use with Google Maps API and Google Places API using SVG markers and icon labels
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:5 releases, 85 commits, 9 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Scott's primary contribution was the initial development of the "Map Icons" library, including the creation of `js/map-icons.js`, `demo.html`, and the styling in `css/map-icons.css`. They implemented custom marker objects and label overlays for use with the Google Maps API. Further contributions included the addition of predetermined marker shapes, and integration of user interface icons, and marker icons for the library's demo.
Contributions:1 release, 44 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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Scott De Jonge - Senior Frontend Engineer at GitLab