James Isaac is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 13 years' experience building product-led companies and bespoke mobile and web applications from London. He combines hands-on full-stack development with product leadership—shipping fast MVPs, architecting reusable SDKs, and running a lean agency (M10c) that focuses on high-quality apps and websites. His background spans web components and front-end frameworks for enterprise (Ericsson) to rapid, type-safe JavaScript stacks and automated deployments for startups (Tulip Cremation). He’s built and commercially operated SaaS products end-to-end (Nach) and led product teams to scale user bases and campaigns for major brands. An active mobile contributor, he implemented cross-platform background task support for React Native, including native Android job scheduling and iOS background fetch integrations. Practical, curious and execution-focused, he blends engineering craft with product intuition to turn ambiguous ideas into shipping products.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Computing, BEng, Computing at Imperial College London
A Levels - Computing, Maths, Physics (AAA). AS Level - Economics (B), A Levels - Computing, Maths, Physics (AAA). AS Level - Economics (B) at Alleyn's School
Periodic background tasks for React Native apps, cross-platform (iOS and Android), which run even when the app is closed.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Contributions:3 releases, 27 commits, 3 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the implementation of background task functionality within a React Native application, focusing on both Android and iOS platforms. They developed a native Android implementation using Java, integrating with the Evernote Android Job library for background job scheduling and lifecycle management. Furthermore, the user made changes to the iOS implementation, utilizing the `react-native-background-fetch` library.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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