# Isha Desai

> Senior Software Engineer - Payments at Taskrabbit | Leading Full Stack Developer

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/isha

Taskrabbit benefits from a dedicated Senior Software Engineer with over eight years of experience building robust, scalable web and mobile solutions. Expertise spans full-stack development using Ruby on Rails, paired with a strong focus on security and application localization. Contributions include enhancing functionality and ensuring seamless client interactions.  

Past roles at Autodesk and MathWorks demonstrate a consistent ability to lead and mentor teams, optimize application security, and develop user-centric features. Passionate about using technology to solve real-world challenges, with a mission to deliver impactful, high-quality digital experiences for customers and organizations alike.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer - Payments @ Taskrabbit
Jan 2023 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Led architectural discussions and technical decisions for legacy payment system modernization at Taskrabbit.
• Authored Technical Design Documents translating product requirements into scalable designs.
• Spearheaded implementation of standardized code review process to improve code quality and review cycles.
• Facilitated collaborative Sprint Planning sessions to refine user stories and estimate effort.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Autodesk
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Technical: Ruby on Rails, Ember UI, Swift UI, Objective-C, React, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, T-SQL, MVC Architectural pattern. Tools: Visual Studio, X-Code, Git, Jira, Wiki.

•	Developed various features for both BIM 360 Ops web application (Full Stack – Ruby on Rails, React) and iOS app (Swift UI and Objective-C)
•	Worked on developing, testing and deploying functional and non-functional requirements.
o	Security features
o	Localization of the entire app
•	Mentored junior software engineers on the team.
•	Improved the vulnerability of the BIM 360 Ops application by leading a team of third-party engineers to enhance the security of the application.
o	Created roadmap and prioritized backlog
o	Reviewed the code and coordinated the testing.
•	Improved the user workflows of BIM 360 Ops product by developing various features,
o	Conducted agile and scrum ceremonies.
o	Prioritized stories from the backlog by leveraging Jira, to ensure timely feature delivery.
o	Used MixPanel dashboards to determine a feature usage and drive future enhancements.

### Software Engineer II @ MathWorks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area
Technical: Ruby on Rails, React, MySQL, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, T-SQL, MVC Architectural pattern. Tools: Atom, Perforce, Google Chrome Developer Tools, Perforce, Git, Confluence, Jira.

•Led the team of engineers to develop features and increase the performance of “Cody” – a MATLAB     Central Community application which helps students learn and practice MATLAB skills in a gameful manner. (URL: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/)
   o	Created and managed API specs
   o	Developed API’s to separate out the backend and front-end concerns.
•Interviewed external customers to gather requirements
   o	created requirement specs
   o	functional and architectural specs in Confluence
   o	document the user workflow
•Collaborated closely with UX and Designers to develop features.
•Monitored Splunk log to triage server-side errors and fix them to maintain companywide SLA’s.

### Software Engineer @ Wayfair
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Boston , MA
Skill Set: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, T-SQL, MVC Architectural pattern. 
Tools: Sublime 3, Git Stash, SQL server, Google Chrome Developer Tools, Release Management, Code Management. 

•	Developed internal applications for Financial Engineering department
•	Implemented the credits due application for suppliers and third party carriers.
•	Refactored the invoice generation application for suppliers.
•	Provided production support for financial engineering platform.

### Software Engineer Developer @ Fidelity Investments
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Boston , MA
Skill Set: Oracle, SQL/PLSQL, UNIX and Java. 
Tools: Toad Oracle, Eclipse IDE (Juno), TIBCO Spotfire, Informatica 9.1, Autosys, Jenkins, GitHub, Git Stash, Clearcase, Quality Center, Crucible, JIRA.

• Implemented key functionalities related to Fidelity Personalized Portfolios (FPP) Product, which increased the efficiency in its initiative phase.
• Customized the User Interface for Fidelity products to accommodate the new feature enhancements.

### Software Developer Engineering Intern @ msnbc.com
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Redmond, WA
•Implemented  Project Slider  using ASP .Net, MVC3, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery for today.com
•Outbrain work involving third party service.
•Handled twitter feeds for various fronts in today.com.
•Involved in redesigning of various fronts of today.com.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Koupon Media
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Frisco, TX
Designed the Merchant Portal for the merchants to sign in and use the service provided by Koupon Media Inc.  using ASP .Net, C#, HTML 5, CSS 3 using MVC3 architecture and designed the company website using Word Press.
•Experience with IIS 7.5.
•Experience in subversion and Kiln and testing tool DeviceAnywhere.
•Worked as a QA for testing portals and campaigns.
•Experience with Pivotal Tracker.


## Education
### Master of Science in Computer Science
The University of Texas at Dallas

### BE in Information Technology
University of Mumbai , Mumbai , India


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/isha-desai-70275428

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Last updated: 2026-03-22