# Aaron Taylor

> Software Engineer @ GameChanger

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aarontaylor

Software engineer and manager with 12 years of experience developing software, including at Fitbit, GameChanger and Skillshare. 3 years of experience managing and building teams of web and mobile engineers. Extensive iOS expertise from 10+ years of experience developing apps in Swift and Objective-C.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ GameChanger
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Focused on developer experience, reliability and observability

### Engineering Manager @ Skillshare
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Managed up to 9 web and mobile engineers on the Discovery, Payments and Growth teams.

- Collaborated with Product, Design, and Eng Leads on project management using JIRA, Mixpanel, and Split.
- Led cross-functional team, including designers, testers, translators, and engineers to completely internationalize the iOS and Android apps, as part of a product-wide initiative that increased trials by 15%.
- Hired engineers and redesigned interview processes to support the company's 2x growth in headcount.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Skillshare
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Worked as an individual contributor on the Discovery team after the Product organization scaled up.

- Defined the mobile app spec for consolidated events tracking, powering analytics in Mixpanel and AB testing with Split.
- Implemented custom events tracking library, including concurrent queuing and persistence mechanisms, for the iOS app using Swift, Objective-C, and GraphQL.
- Defined spec for remote logging from mobile apps, and implemented the iOS logging library, utilizing the queuing and persistence tools developed for events tracking.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Skillshare
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
Worked as an individual contributor, including time as Tech Lead, on the Mobile team.

- Developed improvements to core iOS features and business priorities, using Swift and Objective-C, including a refactor of in-app subscription management, which decreased subscription bugs by >90%.
- Improved mobile app developer efficiency with the implementation of automated build/deployment pipelines and alpha/beta app configuration management using CircleCI, Fastlane and Firebase.
- Implemented complete restyling of the iOS app as part of the company’s major rebranding project.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Fitbit
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked in the Advanced Communications team to orchestrate data flow from Fitbit wearable devices.

- Developed Bluetooth-based technologies that power Fitbit’s core features using Objective-C, Swift, and C.
- Led cross-functional initiative to track Communications events between wearables, cloud and mobile.
- Designed and implemented a type-safe analytics event tracking library, adopted by the iOS Core team.

Worked on the FitStar team to develop the App Store Editor's Choice FitStar and FitStar Yoga apps.

- Upgraded critical user interfaces to use modern iOS technologies including AutoLayout, Size Classes and Dynamic Text.
- Implemented time heart rate tracking for Fitbit devices and generic bluetooth monitors.

### Software Engineer @ Didja Inc
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Consultant @ IBM
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Business
Lehigh University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaron-taylor-079505152

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Last updated: 2026-03-22