Summary
Elliot Taylor is a seasoned Head of Engineering and full-stack technologist with 12 years of experience building SaaS, FinTech and security-focused platforms from startup to enterprise scale. Currently leading engineering at Patchstack and running two product ventures (coderbuds.com and bishbashdosh.com), he blends hands-on Laravel/TALL/VILT stack development with Python, DevOps/GitOps and AWS-driven production practices. At Pfizer he led the Security Team and instilled DevSecOps across a large platform, demonstrating a rare combination of security stewardship and delivery velocity. He has a track record of architecting products that enabled successful fundraising and commercial growth, plus agency experience delivering customer-facing digital transformations. Based in Bath, UK, Elliot pairs practical engineering leadership with an entrepreneurial bent—he still codes, measures team health with AI-powered metrics, and speaks and contributes to open-source communities.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Radley College
BA Politics Sociology, BA Politics Sociology at University of York
French, geek