Isaac Benitez
Senior Solutions Engineer at Open Source
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolIsaac Benitez is a Senior Solutions Engineer based in San Francisco with 8 years of payments and implementation experience building card issuing, eWallets, and global payments integrations. He blends customer-facing project management and technical hands-on skills—REST APIs, Python, JavaScript, and Linux—to deliver scalable merchant and fintech solutions at companies like Rapyd and Airwallex. His background spans enterprise SaaS, embedded systems, and telecom-grade platforms from roles at Odoo and Gemalto, giving him deep operational and troubleshooting expertise across databases, CI/CD, and server automation. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core functionality in Adafruit’s widely used CircuitPython—work that touches microcontroller timekeeping and byte handling—and brings that low-level rigor to payment platform integrations. Isaac pairs an MBA in Business Strategy with an engineering degree, enabling him to translate complex technical constraints into commercial outcomes and expansion opportunities. Outside of work he develops retro-style video games, reflecting a persistent curiosity for systems-level coding and user experience.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Strategy, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Strategy at Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Github Skills (12)
c1710
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
c1110
microcontroller10
py10
python10
python-modules9
core-module9
dart6
flutter6
git4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/circuitpython
Jun 2022 - Oct 2024
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 13 comments in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Isaac primarily focused on enhancing the CircuitPython implementation, a Python environment for microcontrollers. Their contributions include improvements to the `int.from_bytes` function, by adding argument validations, field initializers, and updating related annotations. They also added and updated the `utime()` function in the os library, enabling more functionality related to time management on the embedded system. Furthermore, the user extended the web workflow, adding features for device naming and information retrieval.
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerpython3
isacben/isacben.github.io
Jan 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:109 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
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