James Basa is a pragmatic full‑stack software engineer based in San Francisco with eight years of experience building customer-facing platforms and commerce systems. He has shipped production features at MasterClass—automating billing and subscription workflows with integrations like Stripe, PayPal/Braintree, and Zuora—and most recently improved member appointment experiences at One Medical. Comfortable in early‑stage environments, he helped architect social engagement and creator‑monetization features at a seed‑stage startup and has hands‑on experience across Android subscription flows, backend payments verification, and end‑to‑end web apps. His background includes research at UCSD’s Design Lab and building an ambulance dispatch system for a nonprofit, highlighting a mix of product focus and public‑good impact. Outside engineering he produces music and coaches youth coding camps, reflecting a creative approach to problem solving and mentorship.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
High School, High School at Newark Memorial High School
Automates logging a user into Instagram and finds who has unfollowed them since this app was last run
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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