Summary
John Isaac is a San Francisco-based full-stack engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable web and mobile applications across JavaScript, Ruby, iOS, and UX design, and he authors insights at bitsandsketches.com. He currently drives customer-facing features as a Full Stack Engineer at Zendesk, a role he's held since 2016. At The MathWorks, he contributed to Coursework and Cody, rewrote major charting features with D3.js, improved performance, and championed test-driven development and close UX collaboration. An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded NotionHub and has a proven track record across startups and large teams. His academic credentials include master's degrees in Computer Science and Information Technology, and a first-class bachelor's in IT, reflecting a strong theoretical foundation paired with practical delivery.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Information Technology, Master's Degree, Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology, First Class, Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology, First Class at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College Of Engineering
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Michigan State University
English, Tamil