About Taylor Smart

Product judgment, engineering depth, and a bias toward useful systems.

Staff Software Engineer with a background in product management and financial consulting.

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Experience

The common thread is translating ambiguous product needs into shipped systems.

Staff Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Senior Software Engineer

Edelman Financial Engines

Apr 2022 - Present

Lead a team of 7 engineers and 2 QA delivering core platform features.
Re-architected the modal system to reduce redundant triggers and improve data-load efficiency; the pattern was adopted company-wide.
Redesigned the on-load system across all sites, reducing network load by 20%.
Built direct integrations with financial record keepers, enabling seamless retirement contribution adjustments.

Founder

Airbrush Labs, LLC

Jan 2022 - Feb 2025

Built mobile app and website products for startups across web, tablet, mobile web, and native mobile surfaces.
Owned the loop from concept, wireframes, and Figma design through full-stack development and deployment.

Solutions Engineer II

Anark

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

Worked closely with the CTO in a small-company environment across product strategy, prioritization, and delivery.
Partnered directly with enterprise clients to assess requirements and implement custom software solutions.
Modernized legacy code and migrated functionality into a new MERN stack, improving maintainability.

Product Manager, Finance

Sendoso

Mar 2020 - May 2020

Redesigned the financial transaction system for purchase orders, credit lines, and clearer transaction information for end users.
Moved between product design and technical project management to tighten a short, focused finance product cycle.

Product Manager, Integrations

Sendoso

Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

Managed core integration products across Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Amazon, and the Sendoso API.
Designed a native integration process that enabled faster partner integrations with lower engineering lift.

Product Owner, Benchmarks

FactSet Research Systems

Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

Led product strategy for client-facing financial analytics products including Benchmark Data Dictionary, Blended Benchmark Analytics, and Benchmark Health Monitor.
Collaborated across product verticals to design and deploy a 7x more efficient Benchmark Datafeed Engine.

Product Development Track

Associate Product Manager, Senior Product Specialist, Product Developer

FactSet Research Systems

May 2016 - Jan 2019

Progressed through product developer, product specialist, and associate product manager roles while learning how requirements change once real teams use the work.
Co-managed a small team of product developers and engineers supporting benchmark products.

Customer Success Manager

Base CRM (acquired by Zendesk)

Aug 2015 - May 2016

Built customer-facing communication habits that later shaped product discovery and implementation work.

Investment Management Consultant

FactSet Research Systems

Feb 2014 - Aug 2015

Managed relationships for 11 accounts directly responsible for $3.5M in Annual Subscription Value.
Served as primary contact for 135 users across training, project management, system integration, and data feed support.

Data Analyst

Nexant

Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

Analyzed large-scale utility field studies and translated results into research reports with econometric modeling and forecasting.
Contributed to work including Central Maine Power Bill Alert Pilot Evaluation.

Education

Gettysburg College

BA Economics, concentration in Experimental Economics.

President, Pi Lambda Sigma Honors Fraternity
Assisted in founding the Experimental Economics Program

Outside Work

Hiking - Colorado to California - I love running up mountains.
Climbing - I'm afraid of heights... but also love to be up a rock wall.
Writing - My longest passion - I enjoy all variety of creative writing.

Writing

Satire Writer/Contributor - The Hard Times
First Place Non-Fiction - The Mercury Magazine
Central Maine Power Bill Alert Pilot Evaluation contributor