Isaac Hinman
Taste. Architecture. Product sense.
Engineer and founder based in the UK. I've led engineering for VC-backed startups, bootstrapped software companies, and built widely-used open-source software.
Chronology
Led all engineering for a bootstrapped B2C email client, gaining deep knowledge of networking, IMAP, and offline-first paradigms. Leveraged AI-assisted development for 80%+ of output. Organically grew to 2k+ users.
Led all engineering for a VC-backed fintech. Built an instant, pan-European, no-fee payment network on Open Banking. Raised multiple rounds from VCs and angels.
Led a 40-person e-commerce engineering team across multiple languages and tech stacks, with a focus on career development and OSS contributions.
Developed a high-traffic, high-revenue web product. Worked cross-functionally to define timelines with product owners.
Education
Selected Works
Marco
↗Offline-first email client for iOS & Mac. Bootstrapped to 2k+ users with no marketing spend.
next-i18next
↗The most popular i18n library for Next.js. Used by hundreds of thousands of projects.
Sway
↗Pan-European instant payment network built on Open Banking APIs. VC-backed, raised multiple rounds.
HackYourFuture
↗Created and taught web development curriculum for refugee developers in Amsterdam.
Competencies
Engineering management · Backend engineering · Frontend engineering · Mobile & desktop apps · TypeScript · React Native · React · Next.js · Node.js · PostgreSQL · SQLite · Redis · LLM orchestration · Open Banking · IMAP · Offline-first architecture · Real-time systems · Background job orchestration · Electron