# Taylor Daw

> Staff Software Engineer at Udemy

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/taylordaw

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Udemy
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Udemy
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Reflektive
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Pillow
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Enterprise SaaS solution to short term rentals within multi-family properties.

Full stack engineer working on multiple products

* Transitioned PhoneGap app for vendors to React Native app.
* Led construction of new dashboards in React for Pillow customers
* created payment workflows and integrated with various 3rd party APIs for multiple types of Pillow customers
* Mentored interns on web design and best practices, enabling them to write production level code.   

Technologies:
Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, React, React Native, Redux, Angular

### Developer @ RealPage, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
* Improved horizontal scalability for the application by switching data to a request based model. Saw a average of 50% reduction in user session size.

* Reduced page load time by an average of 20% in the leases module through query optimization and trip reduction to the database, normalizing time intensive calculations to object fields, and cleaning up front end organization to better align with Google PageSpeed standards.   

* Communicated efficiently with QA and support personnel to ensure code is correct and released on time to meet product deadlines and customer expectations.

### Software Engineering Intern 								   Summer @ Minerva Networks
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Designed client-server application for iOS devices (interactive TV Remote/ TV guide interface) with network connections and database integration (mySQL)
Learned to work with new software and development processes: Xcode, iOS, and socket programming
Collaborated with management and other employees on a daily basis, and rapidly integrated my work into a larger project


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
UC Santa Barbara
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/taylor-daw-1b452044

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Last updated: 2026-03-22