Jan Taylor
Principal Software Engineer at O.C. Tanner
Syracuse, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Taylor is a Staff Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building secure, full-stack systems and leading identity-focused platforms. Based in Syracuse, Utah, he specializes in Node.js, modern JavaScript frameworks (Vue, React), OAuth2/OpenID Connect and federated authentication with PingFederate, and operates at the intersection of devops, databases, and streaming (Kafka) pipelines. He has progressed from technical leadership as a technology manager and consultant to architecting identity and API authorization at O.C. Tanner, marrying operational ownership of servers and networks with scalable software design. Jan’s background in network security, game development, and frontline IT support gives him a pragmatic, systems-oriented perspective that helps bridge security, reliability, and developer productivity.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PC Technician Certificate A+ Certification and Certificate of Information Technology Information Technology, PC Technician Certificate A+ Certification and Certificate of Information Technology Information Technology at Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Weber State University
Github Skills (64)
cli10
libpq10
javascript10
docker10
postgresql10
node-postgres10
binaries10
security10
homebrew10
apply10
owasp10
administration10
heroku10
command-line-tool10
vulnerabilities10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
octanner/pdf-sso
May 2021 - Apr 2023
A super simple demo of making a pdf in java
Contributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 11 months
javapdfpdf-asimple-demo
octanner/cli-core-auth-plugin
Jul 2019 - Feb 2024
Uses Core Auth and Akkeris to Add OAuth Client Credentials to Your App
Contributions:25 releases, 2 reviews, 34 PRs in 4 years 7 months
authenticationsamloauth-clientcredentialsoauth2
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