I am a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years delivering production web experiences, specializing in interactive UI, JavaScript, and scalable cloud architectures. I collaborate closely with designers and stakeholders to refine usability and release reliability, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, high-performing products. I also apply AI/ML-assisted workflows to accelerate content QA, automation, and iteration speed for media-rich experiences. I thrive on building accessible, maintainable systems, optimizing performance, and establishing repeatable release processes. My approach emphasizes collaboration, thoughtful UX, and measurable impact, helping teams ship features confidently and rapidly.

Zachary Taylor

I am a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years delivering production web experiences, specializing in interactive UI, JavaScript, and scalable cloud architectures. I collaborate closely with designers and stakeholders to refine usability and release reliability, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, high-performing products. I also apply AI/ML-assisted workflows to accelerate content QA, automation, and iteration speed for media-rich experiences. I thrive on building accessible, maintainable systems, optimizing performance, and establishing repeatable release processes. My approach emphasizes collaboration, thoughtful UX, and measurable impact, helping teams ship features confidently and rapidly.

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I am a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years delivering production web experiences, specializing in interactive UI, JavaScript, and scalable cloud architectures. I collaborate closely with designers and stakeholders to refine usability and release reliability, and I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust, high-performing products. I also apply AI/ML-assisted workflows to accelerate content QA, automation, and iteration speed for media-rich experiences.

I thrive on building accessible, maintainable systems, optimizing performance, and establishing repeatable release processes. My approach emphasizes collaboration, thoughtful UX, and measurable impact, helping teams ship features confidently and rapidly.

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Language

English
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Chinese
Intermediate

Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer at Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc
July 1, 2024 - February 1, 2026
Led delivery of multilingual, responsive web experiences using Next.js, React, HTML, and CSS, ensuring consistent UX across desktop and mobile with measurable improvements in Core Web Vitals (LCP ~25%). Implemented i18n architecture with locale-aware routing and translation dictionaries; typography safeguards for non-Latin scripts. Built a reusable component library in TypeScript with design-token-driven styling, enabling pixel-accurate replication of reference designs and reducing UI defects by ~35%. Hardened cross-browser compatibility (Safari/iOS, Chrome, Edge, Firefox) via Playwright matrices and targeted CSS fixes, reducing production rendering issues by ~40%. Improved SEO/indexing for localized pages using Next.js SSR/SSG, canonical/hreflang, structured data, and metadata generation; increased organic landing-page impressions by ~18%. Introduced an LLM-assisted localization QA workflow (glossary enforcement, punctuation/number checks, string-length risk scoring) reducing translat
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Assurance IQ
October 1, 2021 - July 1, 2024
Developed customer-facing web flows using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS; implemented SEO-friendly Next.js landing experiences with performance budgets, image optimization, and route-level code-splitting, reducing median page load time by ~30%. Built backend services and BFF endpoints with Node.js/Express, applying validation, rate limiting, and secure headers per OWASP guidance. Designed data models and queries across PostgreSQL and Redis for session/content caching, improving p95 API latency by ~20%. Created automated end-to-end coverage with Cypress and unit tests using Jest and React Testing Library, reducing escaped defects by ~25%. Instrumented observability with Sentry and OpenTelemetry; dashboards/alerts reduced time-to-diagnosis for front-end errors by ~35%. Collaborated with design/content to translate Figma specs into reusable React components, ensuring brand-consistent navigation.
Senior Software Developer at MentorMate
October 1, 2017 - October 1, 2021
Delivered marketing and content-driven websites using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, focusing on responsive layouts, cross-browser compatibility, and maintainable component patterns. Implemented multilingual content support and editorial workflows to prevent character-encoding and typography issues for non-English languages. Improved SEO foundations with structured metadata, clean URLs, and performance optimizations, increasing organic traffic on key pages by ~15%. Built integrations and automation scripts in Python to validate content imports, detect broken assets, and generate release reports. Implemented end-to-end smoke tests with Cypress and component/unit tests with Jest/React Testing Library, reducing escaped defects by ~25%. Added observability with Sentry and OpenTelemetry; dashboards/alerts reduced time-to-diagnosis for front-end errors by ~35%. Collaborated with design and content stakeholders to translate Figma specs into reusable React components with consistent spacing/typogr
Junior Software Developer at MentorMate
March 1, 2015 - October 1, 2017
Implemented responsive UI features using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, translating design comps into production pages with consistent spacing and typography. Developed reusable UI components and form behaviors in JavaScript and React, improving maintainability and reducing duplicated code across pages. Collaborated with QA to reproduce and resolve cross-browser issues, applying targeted CSS fixes and adding regression checks to prevent recurrence. Supported backend integration work using Node.js for lightweight endpoints and tooling, enabling faster iteration on content-driven pages.
Senior Software Developer at Modern Message
October 1, 2017 - October 1, 2021
Delivered interactive, content-driven web experiences using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, collaborating with designers to refine layout and navigation within existing project constraints. Built reusable UI components and admin tooling in React and Node.js, reducing duplicated effort across projects by ~30%. Integrated asset pipelines and optimized media delivery (image compression, lazy loading) to improve Core Web Vitals and reduce bandwidth usage by 20%+. Implemented analytics instrumentation and event tracking using JavaScript to measure engagement and guide iterative UX improvements.

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment