Isaac Wasileski
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolIsaac Wasileski is a Member of Technical Staff with 16 years of experience building high-scale web applications and APIs, currently at OpenAI in Palo Alto. He has shipped server- and client-side systems used by millions, with deep expertise in TypeScript, Scala, mobile and public APIs, and developer ergonomics. His background spans startups and large companies—from CTO and founding roles in Berlin to engineering leadership at Asana and Yahoo—where he drove API design, internationalization, and large migrations to Node.js. He also contributed to well-known open-source tooling like nvm (adding descriptors and aliasing) and improved QA for sass-lint, underscoring a hands-on commitment to developer tooling and test automation. Notably, he blends lab automation experience (building coordinated workcell protocol runners) with product-grade API work, reflecting a rare mix of hardware-adjacent systems and web-scale software. He holds a CS MSc from TU Berlin and a BA with honors from the University of Chicago.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Science, M.Sc., Computer Science at Technische Universität BerlinBA with Honors, Computer Science, BA with Honors, Computer Science at University of ChicagoAbitur, LK English & Math, Abitur, LK English & Math at John F. Kennedy School
English, German, Latin
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Github Skills (18)
testing10
sass10
bash10
nodejs10
shell10
nodes10
installer9
installers9
postinstall9
javascript7
api6
php6
asana-api6
rest6
python6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
nvm-sh/nvm
Jan 2011 - Feb 2011
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Isaac focused on enhancing the Node Version Manager (NVM) functionality by adding and modifying core features. The user implemented version descriptors like "latest" and "stable" to allow for more flexible version selection. They also introduced an alias system, enabling users to create custom version shortcuts. Furthermore, they improved the syncing mechanism with nodejs.org and addressed syntax issues, solidifying the core functionalities of the tool.
ltsposixnode-jsnvmrccompliant
sasstools/sass-lint
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Pure Node.js Sass linting
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Isaac focused on adding and improving tests for the `sass-lint` project, specifically for the `no-disallowed-property-values` rule. They added new test cases, including those for single-value and array scenarios, and updated existing tests. These contributions ensured the rule's functionality and helped maintain the quality and correctness of the code.
sassnode-jscsslintingnodejs
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