Director Of Engineering Platform Engineering & AI Innovation
San Francisco, California, United States
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Taylor Teal is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of software experience who currently directs Platform Engineering & AI Innovation at Priority, scaling an 11-engineer org to support 250 engineers and $130B in annual payment volume. Skilled in enterprise system design and Agile Java development, Taylor has a track record of building latency-sensitive microservices, developer platforms, and shared infrastructure for high-reliability fintech workloads. They architected an LLM-powered payment rail that processes $100M+ in transactions and enables automated payables from customer ERP workflows, blending applied AI with mission-critical payments. Comfortable moving between startup and enterprise contexts, Taylor is known for picking up new languages and proprietary tech to tackle projects others avoid. Based in San Francisco, they pair a practical business mindset with hands-on engineering to balance cost, risk, and platform scalability.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Charlotte Country Day School
Bachelor of Science, International Business, Bachelor of Science, International Business at College of Charleston
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