# Taylor McDonald > Software Engineer | Front-end & Back-end Development | Session Musician Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/taylormcdonald Software engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering robust front-end and back-end solutions. Proficient in modern frameworks and languages—including JavaScript, React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Node.js, Python, and Ruby on Rails—and adept at employing AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines to maintain secure, scalable architectures. Recognized for bridging product vision with technical execution, optimizing performance, and fostering collaboration to deliver user-centric applications on time and within scope. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer / Consultant @ Small Green Door Jan 2021 – Present Collaborates on all engineering and development projects as the primary developer for a dynamic creative studio, delivering a wide range of technical solutions to meet the evolving needs of the company and its clients Contributes to the redesign of the studio's main website, providing technical expertise and creative input, and implementing the final design utilizing contemporary web development technologies Develops and customizes Shopify themes for clients, demonstrating versatility and a client-centric approach Serves as the primary developer and technological consultant on an innovative NFT/Web3 project, utilizing Solidity and blockchain principles along with NFC technology, significantly broadening the company's technical scope ### Lead Fullstack Developer @ LiveList Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area Led technical strategy for the full technology stack (front-end, back-end, middleware), making key decisions on integrations and technology partners to optimize platform performance and scalability. Architected robust and secure web and mobile applications, ensuring high availability, responsiveness, and alignment with business objectives. Directed product roadmap priorities and deliverables in an Agile environment to deliver high-impact features. Implemented and upheld best practices for security, data protection, and maintainable code organization, reducing technical debt and strengthening application reliability. Oversaw live-stream syndication for major music festivals and events, expanding reach across multiple platforms and driving audience engagement. Developed an integrated analytics dashboard that aggregated real-time viewership and engagement data from the website and social media platforms, enabling data-driven insights for event strategy and marketing. ### Full Stack Engineer/Consultant @ Treatment.com Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 Implemented a JSON object/document and permissions editor, allowing physicians and statisticians to manage and contribute to a repository of medical knowledge, empowering an enterprise intelligence AI platform ### Fullstack Engineer @ Botwork Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 With a small team, from the ground up, built a text marketing platform utilizing 'chatbots' and addons tailored to various use cases. Contributed to the development of the website/client portal, including real-time chat, as well as our internals on the backend, including developing our API, maintaining our database, and routing conversations. Built a real-time chat interface and backend architecture populated by inbound/outbound/broadcast SMS using React and Firebase, and Node Routing of conversations between clients/users and client's subscribers via Node server Developed addons/bots to be installed by a user, providing various functionalities, built in Node and a touch of API.AI Worked all across the website/portal for users, as well as our Node server, implementing high-level specs for interfaces/features using React, Redux, Node, Express, Firebase, and various other libraries/tools/APIs Participated in weekly sprints, daily scrums, as part of a small remote team ### Fullstack Engineer @ Novo, LLC Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Worked remotely with a team to design and develop clients’ websites. Building responsive views/interfaces with Angular on top of Sails.js MVC framework. Recently implemented user login/account linking, social media sharing, and interface/functionality for CRUD operations (MongoDB!). Constantly resolving issues and Promises. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tbmcdonald --- Source: https://flows.cv/taylormcdonald JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/taylormcdonald/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29