Isaac Levy
Founder And Lead Developer at Automata LC
Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIsaac Levy is a pragmatic founder and lead developer with 15 years of experience building high-performance, full-stack systems and commercial products from concept to scale. He combines deep backend expertise in Java and Scala—contributing optimizations to core projects like the Scala standard library—with front-end and UX improvements for open-source projects such as lichess’s chess UI. At Automata LC he’s worn product, engineering and leadership hats, commercializing class management software with billing and subscription features while hiring and managing teams. He’s taught university courses and translated that clarity into well-documented, maintainable code and technical mentorship. Based in Vermont, he pairs benchmark-driven performance work with practical integrations (AWS, mobile, realtime systems), often spotting and fixing subtle efficiency and correctness issues others miss.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Studied abroad in the School of Informatics, Studied abroad in the School of Informatics at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science (M.S.) Computer Science - Distributed Computing, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science - Distributed Computing at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at Wesleyan University
Github Skills (35)
chessboard10
immutables10
python10
typescript10
google-app-engine10
ui-design10
scala10
blackboard10
chess10
scalajs10
performance-optimization10
typescript-types10
functional-programming10
typescripts10
whiteboard10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
lichess-org/scalachess
May 2016 - Jan 2023
Chess API written in scala. Immutable and free of side effects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 121 commits, 37 PRs in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Isaac primarily contributed to the `scalachess` project by modifying the clock and game logic. Their work included adjusting time cutoffs, adding and modifying time-related functions, and switching the clock to centis precision. These changes aimed at improving the accuracy and functionality of the chess clock within the game, as well as overall game play.
apiziofunctional-programmingscala3chess-api
lichess-org/chessground
Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
Mobile/Web chess UI for lichess.org
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 23 PRs, 25 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Isaac primarily focused on optimizing and enhancing the user interface for the chessground project. Their contributions include refactoring key translation functions, tracking piece promotion status and optimizing FEN parsing. The user also worked on updating utility functions and fixing bugs in animation and drag functionalities, as well as improving the shape drawing logic. These modifications suggest an emphasis on improving the user experience and performance of the chess UI.
reactjavascriptmobile-weblichesstypescript
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