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Expertise
Frontend
- Ember
- Node
- TypeScript
- Internationalization
Platform
- CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub, GitLab, Netlify)
- Simplifying architecture
- Writing codemods (migrating production code)
- Modernizing lint and test practices
Moreover
- Leadership
- Open Source
- Public Speaking
- Teaching
Professional Experience
Isaac J. Lee
Lead Engineer, Consultant
Aug 2026 – Present
Lighthouse
Lead Full Stack Engineer
Apr 2025 – Jul 2026
- Introduced Ember 6.12, Ember Data 5.8, CSS Modules, glint, template tag, v2 addons
- Created and ran codemods to quickly migrate and standardize code
- Created Node package to measure code quality and track migration status
- Mentored 1 frontend developer
- CSS Modules
- Ember
- Ember Data
- Ember Exam
- GitLab
- Jira
- Node
- Percy
- Polly
- QUnit
- React
- Rollup
- Sass
- Sentry
- Sinon
- Storybook
- Tailwind
- TypeScript (Glint)
- Vite
- Webpack
CLARK
Tech Lead (promoted from Senior Front End Developer)
Jan 2021 – Mar 2025
- Introduced Ember 5.12, CSS Modules, ember-try, glint, pnpm, stylelint, v2 addons
- Reduced monorepo's complexity (190 to 109 packages), made CI cheaper and faster (33 to 14 minutes)
- Fixed failed attempts at a design system
- Mentored 5 frontend developers
- A/B Testing
- CircleCI
- CSS Modules
- Ember
- Ember Engines
- Ember Exam
- Event Tracking
- Figma
- Highcharts
- Jira
- Luxon
- Mirage
- Node
- Percy
- QUnit
- Rollup
- Sass
- Sentry
- Sinon
- TypeScript (Glint)
- Webpack
Imago Inc
Software Consultant
Oct 2020 – Dec 2020
- Migrated Imago Portal app to Ember Octane
- Designed components that are accessible and mobile responsive
- Introduced linting, testing, and CI (GitHub Actions)
FlashRecruit
Software Engineer
Dec 2019 – Aug 2020
- Developed 2 Ember apps and 1 Node server
- Created algorithms for matching jobs and candidates, and for parsing and transforming unstructured, un-sanitized data
- Migrated CI to GitHub Actions
- AWS S3
- Ember
- Ember Exam
- Event Tracking
- FastBoot
- JSON:API
- Mailgun
- Mocha
- NLP
- Node
- Percy
- QUnit
- Redis
- Sentry
- SQL
- Tailwind
- Trello
- WebSocket
Identity Automation
Senior SaaS UI Developer
Nov 2017 – Nov 2019
- Helped rewrite Adobe Flex apps in Ember
- Ported a workflow wizard to Ember with D3
- Mentored 3 junior developers
- Employee of the Quarter Spotlight Award (Q2 2018)
- D3
- Ember
- Ember Data
- Mirage
- Nearley
- QUnit
- Sass
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
Aug 2010 – Dec 2015
- Developed computational models to solve problems in fracture mechanics
- Built isogeometric analysis library in Matlab
- Built C code to easily generate 3D meshes of a custom circular plate
- Created 25 Matlab projects to enhance course curricula
Software Verification and Validation Research Lab
Research Assistant
Jan 2010 – May 2010
- Prepared datasets for Traceability+ project
- Maintained website
University of Kentucky, Student Support Services
Math Tutor
Nov 2007 – May 2010
- Taught 45 students who are a first-generation student or come from a low-income family
University of Kentucky, Department of Mathematics
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Aug 2007 – May 2010
- Held weekly office hours
- Monitored and graded exams
Education
Goethe-Zertifikat C2: GDS
Feb 2025
Distinguished Toastmaster
Jan 2020
The University of Texas at Austin
MSc in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Aug 2010 – Aug 2012
- Worked on PhD until December 2015 (all but dissertation)
- 3.88 GPA
University of Kentucky
BSc in Mathematics, BSc in Computer Science
Aug 2006 – May 2010
- Double degree
- Minors in Psychology, Statistics
- 3.98 GPA (summa cum laude)
Public Speaking
- EmberFest 2025: Large-Scale Migrations with Codemods (lightning talk)
- EmberFest 2024: Moving Mountains
- Ember Europe 2024: CSS Modules + Internationalization for Embroider
- EmberFest 2023: codemod-utils (lightning talk)
- EmberConf 2023: In 1 Year
- EmberATX 2020: CI with GitHub Actions for Ember Apps
- EmberFest 2019: Write Tests Like a Mathematician
- Ember San Antonio 2019: Animation & Predictable Data Loading in Ember
- EmberATX 2019: Nearley.js - When Regex Isn't Enough
- EmberATX 2018: Use D3 with Ember
Volunteer Experience
ada_kantine
Volunteer
May 2026 – Present
- Served warm meals to over 200 people in need
Open Source Projects
Maintainer
May 2020 – Present
- For the Ember community: ember-container-query, ember-intl, ember-testem, ember-workshop, embroider-css-modules
- For the JavaScript community: codemod-utils (created over 20 codemods), frontend-configs, ignore-lint-errors
- Ember
- GitHub Actions
- GitHub Pages
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Minitest
- Netlify
- Node
- Percy
- QUnit
- TypeScript
- VitePress
crunchingnumbers(a)live
Editor, Webmaster
Jan 2016 – Present
- Published over 70 blog posts
- Claude Code
- CSS Modules
- LaTeX
- Netlify
- Next.js
- Oxlint
- Remark
- Rehype
- Shiki
- Vitest
- WordPress
Ember Learning Core Team
Member
Jun 2020 – Dec 2021
- Migrated emberjs.com to Ember Octane and added missing tests
- Rewrote Octane vs. Classic Cheat Sheet as an Ember app
- Maintained repos and reviewed pull requests in the ember-learn organization
The Ember Times
Editor
Apr 2019 – Dec 2021
- Collaborated with people worldwide to share important news in Ember
EmberATX
Co-Organizer
Jul 2018 – Dec 2020
- Delivered 4 presentations
- Helped advertise and organize Meetups
Central Austin Toastmasters
President, VP Education, VP Membership, Webmaster
Jul 2016 – Jun 2020
- Delivered 40+ speeches and 3 one-hour workshops
- Mentored 10+ members and built relations with 15+ clubs in Austin
- Created club website (helped find 27 new members and reach top 5% in the district in 1 year)
- Customized Google Sheet to handle sign-up, meeting agendas, and tracking progress
- Google Analytics
- Google Sheets
- Ulead PhotoImpact
- Wix
District 55 Toastmasters
Area K75 Director, Club Coach for Dynamic Public Speakers
Feb 2017 – Jun 2018
- Advised 6 clubs in education, membership, and public relations