Joseph Taylor

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Kiggla LLC
August 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Led full-stack development for 3 major fintech/SaaS projects, architecting scalable GoLang microservices and PostgreSQL-backed backends. Implemented multi-tenant authentication and Stripe-based billing workflows, reducing onboarding time for new clients by 40%. Built reusable UI components in React/Vue to improve design consistency and cut frontend delivery time by 30%. Dockerized services deployed on AWS ECS, boosting reliability and reducing infra costs by 20%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define OKRs and contribute to product strategy using data-driven approaches. Mentored 5 junior developers and established GoLang, gRPC, and testing standards across teams. Led API gateway and CI/CD pipelines, achieving faster deployment cycles.
Senior Software Engineer at micro1
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Led backend development using GoLang with strong typing and extensive test coverage to support fintech client platform; implemented secure gRPC API integrations and transaction reconciliation; contributed to frontend features with TypeScript/React and improved observability and performance.
Software Engineer at Cognite
December 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Developed backend services in GoLang; contributed to system reliability and performance improvements; collaborated with data engineering and cloud teams to optimize services.
Software Engineer at Indeed
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2020
Implemented comprehensive observability stack (OpenTelemetry + DataDog) to monitor latency and transaction throughput, improving operational excellence. Built robust back-end services in GoLang with strong typing and extensive test coverage, enabling reliable processing of millions of transactions. Collaborated with DevOps to migrate legacy EC2 workloads to serverless AWS Lambda, achieving a 35% improvement in cost efficiency.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science at University of Texas at Austin
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Other