Summary
Taylor Kearns is a full‑stack web developer and consultant with 12 years of experience helping startups, SMBs, government organizations, and corporations ship pragmatic web applications. Based in Boston, he blends hands‑on engineering—Rails, Java Spring, Angular and front‑end stacks—with client-facing roles in project management and estimation, a strength honed across Pivotal Labs, Autodesk, and boutique shops. He recently transitioned to running Charlestown Coffee full time while continuing to leverage his consulting background, demonstrating an unusual pivot from technical consulting to small‑business ownership. Known for practicing and teaching test‑driven development and pair programming, Taylor brings a people‑centric approach to technical problem solving and a knack for translating business needs into maintainable systems.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles