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Peter Benoit

UI Developer & Design Systems Engineer

I build accessible, high-performance interfaces for federal health infrastructure including the CDC and the VA, as well as open-source tools for developers.

Experience

Front End Developer

Peraton / VA

Architecting a next-gen template for the VA MVP platform incorporating USWDS & the VA Design System.

  • Delivered a fully USWDS-compliant component library adopted across the VA MVP platform.
  • Reduced component complexity by standardizing design tokens and documentation.

Senior UI Developer

Kaiva Corp / CDC

Modernizing the OPHDST platform — powering AI-driven disease surveillance and real-time public health intelligence.

  • Built real-time data visualization dashboards surfacing AI-driven disease surveillance insights.
  • Modernized a legacy codebase to Vue 3 + Vite, significantly improving build and runtime performance.

User Experience Engineer

Peraton / CDC

Built and scaled the CDC.gov design system, driving accessibility and 508 compliance across federal health infrastructure.

  • Scaled CDC.gov’s design system across 200+ page templates, enabling consistent federal UX at speed.
  • Drove Section 508 compliance to 100% across CDC’s entire public-facing health infrastructure.
React / Next.js Vue 3 Tailwind CSS USWDS TypeScript a11y / 508

Projects, Open Source & Tools

Currently

Building Wordleish — a browser word game with three difficulty levels, unlimited play, and stats tracking. Built with Vue 3 + Vite.

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Recent Writing

CodePen Demos & Curiosities

What People Say

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“Peter is definitely a ‘unicorn’ in the industry. He has the eye for details like a designer as well as the coding skills to make those designs a reality.”

Sally Kim — UX Designer

“I had the pleasure of working with Pete Benoit for four years. His focus on usability and clean, maintainable code has ensured the success of many initiatives.”

Glenn Ewing — Technical Director / Architect of Communications Services

“He is that bridge between design and development that every company requires.”

Yancey Vickers — Full Stack Developer

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