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Taylor Daughtry

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Senior Software Engineer at Givebutter who cut provider-based AI costs by 31% through relevant local LLM adoption.

United States

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At Givebutter, I led the adoption of local LLMs where relevant, cutting provider-based AI costs by 31%. I also guided staff in consistent design patterns and improved how features were introduced to non-technical stakeholders.

At Relocity, I rearchitected transferee process management logic, reducing the codebase by 26%, and introduced a versioned API approach. Earlier, at Happy Cog, I led a Laravel 4-to-8 upgrade that improved performance by about 40% and cut AWS spend by $2,500 per month.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Givebutter

Dec 2025 - Present (11 months)

Led the adoption of local LLMs, cutting provider-based AI costs by 31%. Guided staff in consistent design patterns and improved feature introduction to non-technical stakeholders.

LLM Integrations Design Patterns Agile Leadership

Staff Software Engineer

Relocity

Sep 2023 - Nov 2025 (2 years 2 months)

Rearchitected transferee process management logic, reducing the codebase by 26%. Introduced a versioned API approach and coached the team on integrating LLMs into product work.

API Design LLM Integrations Coaching Cross Functional Communication

Technical Lead

Happy Cog

Oct 2018 - Aug 2023 (4 years 10 months)

Led a one-year upgrade of a legacy Laravel 4 app to Laravel 8, improving performance by ~40% and cutting AWS spend by $2,500/month. Built an HTTP API in PHP for eCommerce data sync and mentored multiple development teams.

Laravel PHP AWS API Development Mentorship Test Driven Development Code Review

Senior Engineer

Paper Tiger

Feb 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 8 months)

Implemented a content management system in PHP for PBS's media archive with Redis caching and SSO integration. Developed a Vue.js application for the New York Times for bulk order subscriptions and implemented code review and CI processes.

PHP Vue.Js Redis SSO CI CD Code Review Mentorship