Summary
Tayler Geiger is a software engineer specializing in Kubernetes operators with a decade of experience building resilient, API-driven systems at companies like Red Hat and One Degree. Combining a humanities background in English and Philosophy with practical training in Python and web development, Tayler excels at translating complex requirements into maintainable code and clear integrations. Past roles span security tooling, accessibility-focused web work, and performance optimizations that cut server requests by 95%, reflecting both technical breadth and attention to detail. A self-starter and former university admissions officer, Tayler brings strong communication, teaching experience, and a talent for storytelling—skills that surface in developer documentation and cross-team collaboration. Outside engineering, they’ve written bots, performed award-winning slam poetry, and lived as a writer-in-residence, showing an uncommon blend of creative thinking and systems-level engineering.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Python, Web Development, Python, Web Development at LaunchCode Summer of Code
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature & Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature & Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis
German, English