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Taylor Keazirian

Kalispell,MT

Summary

Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering full-stack solutions across complex, production-scale systems. I work across modern front-end frameworks and backend services to modernize legacy platforms, improve system reliability and user experience, and build maintainable, well-tested software that balances technical rigor with business impact.

I bring a strong sense of ownership to my work, often leading initiatives from discovery through deployment while collaborating closely with product, data, and design partners. My background in operational leadership informs a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to problem solving, and I thoughtfully leverage AI-assisted tools with clear guardrails to improve engineering workflows, documentation quality, and decision-making.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

8th Light
02.2022 - Current

Full-stack engineering across large-scale production systems

Enterprise entertainment and ticketing platform

  • Led full-stack development to modernize legacy Java-based systems into Spring Boot services while supporting user-facing application flows, reducing technical debt, and improving long-term platform maintainability.
  • Worked across multiple microservices and front-end integrations, translating complex backend changes into stable, observable, and business-aligned user outcomes.
  • Leveraged AI-assisted tools with clear guardrails to support documentation, code comprehension, and reflective evaluation of engineering work, while maintaining human review and accountability.
  • Improved system reliability and release safety by refining CI/CD pipelines, strengthening deployment automation, and supporting zero-downtime rollout strategies.
  • Implemented structured logging and instrumentation to improve observability, enabling faster production debugging and more effective incident response.
  • Took ownership of initiatives spanning discovery, implementation, release, and post-launch support, applying systems thinking to balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability.

Legal technology platform

  • Delivered full-stack features and led complex A/B/C/D experiments to optimize business formation flows, pricing strategies, and feature offerings using customer data and experimentation frameworks.
  • Navigated multiple repositories and legacy internal tools to ship changes in high-risk areas of the codebase, often working across systems with distributed ownership and legacy constraints.
  • Collaborated with product and data science partners to design experiments, analyze results, and iterate on solutions informed by real-world usage.
  • Mentored teammates and contributed to shared engineering practices focused on clarity, maintainability, and sound technical decision-making.

Early Engineering Experience

Chicago, IL
06.2021 - 02.2022

AppOps Analyst

Farmer’s Fridge

  • Contributed to e-commerce and operational tooling by developing internal tools and automation to support production systems on the Shopify platform.
  • Built real-time monitoring and Slack-based alerting for order and system errors, improving response time and operational reliability.

Volunteer Software Engineer

The Difference Engine

  • Collaborated with engineering teams to evaluate and improve software solutions for nonprofit organizations.
  • Implemented technical features based on stakeholder requirements, contributing to maintainable, user-focused systems.

Assistant General Manager

Federales - 4C Hospitality Group
06.2017 - 03.2020
  • Managed day-to-day operations of the organization’s highest-volume property, overseeing a team of 100+ employees in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
  • Led staffing, scheduling, and operational decision-making to ensure consistent service quality and business performance.

Corporate Trainer

4C Hospitality Group
04.2012 - 06.2017
  • Led training initiatives across a portfolio of restaurants, designing and delivering standardized processes, workshops, and onboarding programs.
  • Developed training materials and coached managers and staff, improving operational consistency, performance, and team readiness across locations.

Education

Software Engineering Bootcamp -

Thinkful
Remote
05.2021

Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Science -

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
05.2009

Skills

Front-End: React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, HTML, CSS

Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#

Back-End & Data: Spring Boot, Nodejs, GraphQL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Kafka


Systems & DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, Git


Testing & Quality: JUnit, Cypress, Jest, Postman, test-driven development

Experimentation & Delivery: A/B testing, feature flagging, data-informed iteration

AI-Assisted Development: AI-supported documentation, code comprehension, and reasoning workflows (eg, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Claude CLI), with human review and guardrails

Additional Experience

  • Completed a 55-hour DevOps specialization covering CI/CD pipelines, containerization, cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation.
  • Authored technical writing on engineering practice and AI-assisted workflows for software engineers.
  • Designed an AI-assisted evaluation framework to support structured self-review and reflective engineering practice, emphasizing guardrails and human judgment.

Timeline

Software Engineer

8th Light
02.2022 - Current

Early Engineering Experience

Chicago, IL
06.2021 - 02.2022

Assistant General Manager

Federales - 4C Hospitality Group
06.2017 - 03.2020

Corporate Trainer

4C Hospitality Group
04.2012 - 06.2017

Software Engineering Bootcamp -

Thinkful

Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Science -

Vanderbilt University
Taylor Keazirian