Darren Jacoby
Frontend Engineer at 10up
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDarren Jacoby is a Frontend Engineer based in Amsterdam with over 15 years working with design and digital agencies on medium to large-scale projects, now contributing as a long-term contractor at 10up. He blends a product-first mindset with clear communication and a focus on design systems, simplicity, and long-term code health. Darren is also an accessibility specialist on major open-source projects like WooCommerce, where his front-end improvements and ARIA work have improved checkout and product UX for users with disabilities. As a former small business owner who served international clients for nearly two decades, he brings pragmatic client-facing experience and a track record of long-term relationships. Outside client work he publishes OSS that has accrued over two million downloads, showing a commitment to community impact beyond billable projects.
10 years of coding experience
Milnerton High School
English
Github Skills (10)
html10
woocommerce10
javascript10
react10
wordpress8
typescript4
php4
typescripts4
css4
typescript-types4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:2 reviews, 12 PRs, 45 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Darren primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the WooCommerce platform's user interface. They implemented various accessibility enhancements, including adding ARIA attributes, modifying HTML elements for better screen reader compatibility, and updating UI components to improve usability for users with disabilities. Their contributions span across multiple areas within the project, including checkout pages, product pages, and filter components. They also collaborated with other developers.
ecommercewordpresswoocommercephpautomattic
darrenjacoby/sage-starter
Oct 2019 - May 2020
Starter for Sage 10 with TailwindCSS and PostCSS
Contributions:54 commits, 135 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
postcsstailwindcss
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