Taylor Dean
VP Of Software Engineering at OkCupid
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTaylor Dean is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and operating complex distributed real-time systems, currently serving as VP of Software Engineering at OkCupid and ARCHER. With an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a minor in Applied Mathematics, Taylor brings a rigorous, systems-oriented approach from missile defense and sensor fusion work at Northrop Grumman into consumer-scale backend engineering. He has led cross-functional teams to design high-volume recommendation infrastructure, SMS and localization systems, and has improved hiring, incident response, and product quality while presenting quarterly plans to executives. A proven solver and tech lead, Taylor blends hands-on algorithmic expertise, production software craftsmanship, and stakeholder management, and is notable for translating research-grade machine learning and real-time algorithm design into reliable, scalable product features.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor's of Science (B.S.), Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityHigh School, High School at Raleigh Charter High SchoolMaster of Science (M.S.), Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (53)
monitoring10
visualization10
dashboard10
mysql10
grafana10
visualize10
analytics10
prometheus10
elasticsearch10
data-visualization10
ternary9
observability9
composable9
business-intelligence9
bison9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
taylor-s-dean/pan-globalprotect-okta
Nov 2019 - Sep 2024
PaloAlto Networks GlobalProtect VPN (integrated with OKTA) command-line client
Contributions:49 PRs, 66 pushes, 47 branches in 4 years 11 months
integratedopenconnectvpnglobalprotectwireguard
taylor-s-dean/lokalise-listener
Jul 2020 - Mar 2024
A Go-based web server that can be used as a sandbox for playing with incoming and outgoing webhooks.
Contributions:31 PRs, 27 pushes, 32 branches in 3 years 8 months
golangweb-serveroutgoing-webhooksincomingsandbox
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