Summary
Taylor Smith is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of engineering experience and six years focused on fintech, currently building backend systems at Galileo Financial Technologies from Saratoga Springs, Utah. He is the subject-matter expert for Galileo’s card tokenization codebase, designing and deploying secure tokenization and authorization integrations with major mobile wallets using Python, SQL, Kubernetes, Octopus, and AWS. Taylor has led cross-team architecture and migration efforts, moving clients from on-premise to cloud and resolving incident-level issues to keep payment flows reliable. His background includes hands-on C instruction and Java backend work, reflecting a strong foundation in low-level systems and testing automation. Known for blending customer-facing urgency with careful system design, he brings both production reliability and a knack for translating complex payment protocols into maintainable code.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Undeclared, General Studies, Undeclared, General Studies at Utah State University
Honors High School Degree, General Education, Honors High School Degree, General Education at Jordan High School
The University of Utah
English, Spanish