Izzy Young

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I’m Izzy Young, a full-stack and mobile engineer and founder who loves turning ideas into polished products—from native iOS/Android apps to web experiences.

About

I’m Izzy Young, a full-stack and mobile engineer and founder who loves turning ideas into polished products—from native iOS/Android apps to web experiences. I built Hendeca Labs to help clients and myself ship software end-to-end, and I’ve launched multiple education- and productivity-focused apps that use AI features.

In my engineering work, I focus on performance, reliability, and great developer and user experience. At Turo, I delivered critical functionality for expansion, improved tooling and testing practices, and built scalable React + TypeScript features that supported hundreds of thousands of active hosts. Outside of building, I also enjoy creating helpful developer workflows (like automated QA and CI support) and shipping with strong product, design, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Joined November 2026

Languages

  • EnglishAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Computers & Electronics

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Projects · 6

TNCFoodTracker: Nutrition App for iOS and Android

TNCFoodTracker is a nutrition app for clients of Total Nutrition Counseling, a sports dietitian's practice. It helps people follow their nutrition plans by tracking servings across food groups, including hydration. The brief: development had stalled with an outside agency. I took over the Flutter codebase, got it healthy again, and shipped the app to both the App Store and Google Play. Stack: Flutter, Dart, iOS, Android Learn more: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2
Hendeca Labs: Software Studio Site and Client Portal

Hendeca Labs is my software studio, where I build web, iOS, Android and AI products for clients and for myself. I designed and built its website, which also serves as my design portfolio. Clients can pay directly through the site with Stripe Everything is managed through an admin dashboard I built from scratch Showcases shipped work including Memdojo, Total Nutrition Counseling and EduthArt Live: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2
Eagle Eye Securities: Marketing Website

A marketing site I built from scratch for Eagle Eye Securities, an AI-powered drone security company serving first responders, schools and campuses across Southern California and the Las Vegas metro. The site explains the company's solutions and technology, and gives prospective customers a clear way to request a mission brief. Stack: Next.js Live: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2
EduthArt: Marketplace for Original Art

EduthArt is a marketplace for original art from emerging artists. I built the buyer-facing marketplace and the admin site behind it for this client project. Search and browsing by category, plus wishlists Stripe checkout with live shipping quotes A custom admin site for running the marketplace Stack: Next.js, Stripe Live: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2
Quillbud: Text Expander for Mac

Quillbud is a text expander for Mac that I built and launched through my studio, Hendeca Labs. Type a short trigger like ;mtg in any app, and it becomes the whole snippet. Fill-in fields that prompt for names or choices as a snippet expands A quick picker for finding a snippet when you forget the trigger Smart variables for the date, time, clipboard and cursor position Import from TextExpander, Espanso or CSV Sync across computers with Pro Privacy was a core product decision: triggers are matched on the user's Mac and keystrokes aren't logged or uploaded. Live: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2
Memdojo: AI Flashcards with Spaced Repetition

Memdojo is an AI-powered flashcard app I designed, built and launched on iOS and the web through my studio, Hendeca Labs. Tell it what you want to learn and it generates the cards. Spaced repetition then schedules your reviews so the material sticks. AI card generation, with no card-writing required Ask the AI to simplify or reword a card, or turn whatever tripped you up into new cards, right from the review AI fact-checking that regenerates cards when something is off End-to-end ownership of product, UX/UI and engineering Stack: React, AI, Web, iOS Live: https://www.twine.net/signin

  • App Developer
  • Front-End Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • +2

Work experience· 6 roles

Founder & Software Engineer · Hendeca Labs LLCAug 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Founded Hendeca Labs, an software studio that builds client products and its own apps, including native iOS apps in Swift and Android, plus Mac and web apps. Launched Memdojo (memdojo.com), an AI flash card app for iOS and web using spaced repetition. Launched Quillbud (quillbud.com), a text expander for Mac with fill-in snippets, quick picker, and cross-device sync. Currently building Kingdom Steward (Christian journaling app with built-in AI), Songstorm (songwriting app), and a full rebuild of Ray's Window Washing website. Took over a stalled Flutter app for Total Nutrition Counseling, fixed it, and launched on iOS and Android. Built client websites including a Next.js site for drone security company Eagle Eye Securities and a Next.js art marketplace with Stripe checkout and live shipping quotes for Eduth Art.

Full-time Software Engineer · TuroAug 2021 – Aug 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Delivered critical functionality enabling expansion into new markets in New York and Australia and collaborated across product and design to adapt user experience to regional needs. Introduced React Hook Form for React development teams (30+ web engineers) and promoted best practices in performance, testing (Jest/RTL), and accessibility. Developed high-impact React + TypeScript features powering vehicle listings and management for over 350,000 active hosts, contributing to over $1B in annual gross revenue. Refactored legacy code and improved the user experience for how hosts list their cars. Helped build scheduled messaging features allowing hosts to automate messages based on certain events in their bookings.

Manscaped - Front-End DeveloperDec 2019 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

Rebuilt the entire front end in React with another engineer, cutting initial load time from 11 seconds to under 2 seconds. Helped scale the Manscaped website into a billion-dollar worldwide e-commerce brand, expanding into countries including Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. Started end-to-end testing with Cypress (in free time) to reduce QA time and improve site reliability, after the codebase lacked tests and engineers performed QA manually. Managed QA tests remotely via documentation and guidance to enable efficient CI/CD deployments. Owned 400+ production tickets and collaborated closely with design, marketing, and support to support high-velocity product launches.

Web Development Intern · InnoVision Marketing GroupNov 2019 – Dec 2019 · 2 mos
Full-Stack Web Development T.A. · UC San DiegoNov 2019 – Feb 2020 · 4 mos
JavaScript Instructor · TechLXAug 2019 – Nov 2019 · 4 mos

Education

Bachelors (International Business) · UC San Diego (International Business)2019
Full-Stack Web Dev Certificate · UC San Diego2019

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