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About Isaac Braun

A software engineer and creative, Isaac Braun is the founder and leader of Braun Bauen.

Profile

As a passionate and detail-oriented individual, I have found a love for crafting intuitive and beautiful experiences through software engineering. I love sharing ideas and collaborating with others to deliver quality, polished, and detailed solutions.

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Experience

Website Development Manager

Southern Adventist University

November 2022 - December 2024

Oversaw a ~2,500-page marketing website, dedicating ~70% of my time to development and ~30% to management duties. Provided support and training to over 150 content editors to enhance the website and ensure content quality. Some projects highlighting my time include:

  • Developed a Vue.js curriculum catalog web app by collaborating closely with the design and RESTful API teams, providing faculty and students with easy access to critical information and creating a more engaging UX for prospective students.
  • Facilitated a 30% performance increase for the homepage by developing a custom code-splitting system with XSLT and PHP, optimizing video implementations, and ensuring CDN usage for resources.
  • Managed a team of interns through the development of multiple projects, including a Vue.js calendar web app and 6 design system components, decreasing clicks by 55% and expanding the content editors’ arsenal.
  • Created a more efficient system by refactoring page templates to be composable and unifying JavaScript libraries.

Projects

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Braun Bauen

  • Utilized React Native and Expo to provide pilots with a cross-platform app for aviation weather data browsing (METAR) and weather-based flight path charting.
  • Developed a flight path grading algorithm based on the route’s weather to assist pilots in planning decisions.
  • Utilized test-driven development principles with Jest for unit and module testing, achieving pass rates above 95%.

React.js Search/Filter Component

Southern Adventist University

  • Developed and launched a React.js page component, enabling unprecedented access to the university’s endowment information for donors and students.
  • Fetched data from an Excel file and implemented a complex search and filtering system, allowing users to find the best endowment match easily.

Streamlined Customer Quote Flow

Zillion Insurance

  • Reduce the steps to receive a quote by 80% by integrating the client’s API directly into an Elementor WordPress page and implementing client-side JavaScript input-masking with PHP server-side validation.

Dentistry WordPress Website

Chattanooga Tongue Tie Center

  • Delivered design, content, and a customized Flynt WordPress theme to accompany the client’s business expansion and provide customers with critical information in an attractive manner.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Southern Adventist University | GPA 3.78

Data Analytics Certificate

Southern Adventist University

Skills

Languages: TypeScript/JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS
Frameworks: Vue.js, React.js, Tailwind, React Native, Expo
Technologies: Git, AWS, CMSs, RESTful APIs, Jest
Dabbled With: SQL, Python, Go