TDTaylor Dowdy
@taylordowdy
Lead software engineer specializing in microservices, API integration, and DevOps automation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a lead software engineer with deep experience designing and implementing microservices, API integrations, and migration strategies for large-scale telecom systems. At AT&T I built services from investigation through production, simplified systems with asynchronous Kafka processing, and led delivery for fiber qualification and Gigapower initiatives.
I specialize in Mulesoft/Anypoint Platform, Java/Spring Boot services, Azure DevOps CI/CD, and performance and security automation. I drive architecture, create documentation and diagrams to enable transformation from monoliths to REST microservices, and lead teams to deliver impactful results that saved costs and generated revenue.
I bring strong operational ownership—24/7 production support, performance testing to meet SLA targets, and automation for DAST/SAST compliance—and I leverage modern tools, including in-house generative AI, to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
ATLed AT&T's address qualification Mulesoft implementation and built a new fiber address qualification service, migrating legacy systems to an asynchronous Kafka-based architecture and improving validation throughput and reliability.
ATDesigned architectures and drove Mulesoft API implementations to enable transformation and retirement of on-prem monoliths, leading a development team to integrate Gigapower fiber into the AT&T Dispatch ecosystem.
ATTransformed backend microservices and GUI for the Dispatch Learning Engine, built job-assignment and alerting microservices that reduced operational costs and improved on-call response.
Student Developer
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019 (7 months)
Maintained a Django web application for the Citizen Science Builder and implemented a Python/Selenium automated regression test suite to support feature development.
ATCreated a python data learning model to predict the costs of development projects. Lead the team in implementing version control and development standards. Lead an agile team of interns to create a web app for displaying various types of data for user consumption. Automated testing of an internal AT&T portfolio web app using Java and Selenium
WebDriver with the testNG framework
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
SESouthern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2015 - 2019
Activities and societies: Minor in Mathematics; Outstanding Computer Science Student of the Year (2019); ACM Treasurer (2019) and Co-Chair (2018); Grace Murray Hopper Memorial Scholarship Awardee (2018–2019); eHacks Chair Organizer (2017–2019); Founding member of Women in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics, participating in ACM, hackathon organization, and receiving departmental awards.
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