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My resume in JSON format.
Populates the version on my personal site as well as https://registry.jsonresume.org/zanetaylor, courtesy of jsonresume.org.
{
"meta": {
"theme": "mantra"
},
"basics": {
"name": "Zane Taylor",
"label": "Digital Product Engineer",
"email": "hi@zane.im",
"website": "https://zane.im",
"image": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C4E03AQGICSi93P_uxw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1517685298984?e=1740009600&v=beta&t=o00Pm-C4Nw8p4LyYqJQSoIC12xqz3S2TJPr-V9MGUEc",
"summary": "I’m a digital product engineer with 20 years of experience across software development, system architecture, and design. I work on digital projects from early strategy through implementation, bringing technical depth to to the overlap between technology, design, and product decisions. I’m most interested in mission-driven work, where good design and inventive technology can make a meaningful difference.",
"location": {
"city": "Portland",
"region": "Oregon",
"countryCode": "US"
},
"profiles": [
{
"network": "LinkedIn",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamzanetaylor"
},
{
"network": "GitHub",
"url": "https://github.com/zanetaylor"
}
]
},
"work": [
{
"name": "Rarebit",
"position": "Founder, Digital Product Engineer",
"location": "Portland, OR",
"url": "https://rarebit.co",
"startDate": "2015-11",
"summary": "Operate an independent consultancy and product studio creating public-facing digital products with a focus on data, user experience, and accessibility. Lead projects from discovery and strategy through design, technical architecture, implementation, launch, and ongoing development, assembling small interdisciplinary teams when project needs call for additional expertise.",
"highlights": [
"Design and build geospatial applications, data platforms, interactive visualizations, and public-facing websites that make complex information accessible and useful",
"Partner closely with clients to translate research, organizational goals, and complex datasets into clear product strategies and intuitive digital experiences",
"Scope engagements, establish technical direction, and coordinate designers, developers, and other specialists on projects requiring a broader team",
"Provide end-to-end product leadership across discovery, information architecture, interface design, software engineering, data integration, deployment, and long-term technical planning"
]
},
{
"name": "Alta Planning & Design",
"position": "Senior Web Developer",
"location": "Portland, OR",
"url": "https://altago.com",
"startDate": "2018-11",
"endDate": "2024-12",
"summary": "Led development and support of public-facing web applications, services, and internal tools for distributed multidisciplinary project teams across 20+ offices. Established and managed the Web team and implemented a sustainable growth strategy for its infrastructure and services.",
"highlights": [
"Developed, deployed, and supported dozens of JS/TS (Vue, Svelte, React), PHP (Laravel), and Python (FastAPI) web applications and services on self-managed infrastructure",
"Established modern devops workflows, deployed scalable services, and implemented automation, reducing overall deployment and administration time by over 60%",
"Produced and maintained comprehensive technical documentation and best practices guidance for the team's systems and workflows, improving documentation coverage by over 40%",
"Collaborated with project managers to produce proposal, scope, and budget documents for 30+ projects per year",
"Provided technical team leadership, coaching, and coordinated structured QA for project deliverables"
]
},
{
"name": "Totally",
"position": "Cofounder, Technical Director",
"location": "Portland, OR",
"url": "https://totally.agency",
"startDate": "2014-08",
"endDate": "2018-11",
"summary": "As the technical cofounder of a small creative agency, conceptualized, scoped, planned, and executed digital identity and web projects for a wide variety of brands, businesses, and non-profits.",
"highlights": [
"Implemented a project approach emphasizing content strategy and user experience, crafting branded platforms to further business, marketing, and culture goals of diverse clients",
"Collaborated with stakeholders from concept through final delivery, coordinating content development, production, deliverable review, and launch",
"Managed local and remote development staff, outlined project requirements and delivery standards, performed code and QA reviews, and coached junior developers to address project needs and client feedback"
]
},
{
"name": "Total Design Shop",
"position": "Web Developer & Designer",
"location": "Portland, OR",
"website": "https://www.totaldesignshop.com",
"startDate": "2011-09",
"endDate": "2015-10",
"summary": "Designed, developed, and maintained award-winning custom websites and applications for a variety of commercial and non-profit clients, leveraging modern frameworks, CMS platforms, devops workflows, and cloud infrastructure.",
"highlights": []
},
{
"name": "Freelance",
"position": "Creative Full Stack Web Engineer",
"website": "https://zane.im",
"startDate": "2009-01",
"endDate": "2015-10",
"summary": "Developed comprehensive web experiences with an emphasis on user experience, responsive design, API integration, content strategy, and multichannel engagement. Engineered custom web products with full stack frameworks and content management systems.",
"highlights": []
},
{
"name": "Quill Design",
"position": "Full Stack Web Developer",
"startDate": "2009-02",
"endDate": "2012-01",
"summary": "Designed and developed tailored commercial and enterprise ecommerce solutions, integrating modern frontend components with an in-house backend stack. Implemented and extended a custom ecommerce framework for online retail, rental, and ticketing vendor clients.",
"highlights": []
}
],
"volunteer": [
{
"organization": "Friends of the Library",
"position": "Rose City Reads Volunteer",
"startDate": "2025"
},
{
"organization": "Habitat for Humanity",
"position": "ReStore Volunteer",
"startDate": "2025-2026"
},
{
"organization": "Synth Library Portland",
"position": "Volunteer",
"startDate": "2024"
},
{
"organization": "Mentorship",
"position": "Independent career mentor for adults transitioning into tech",
"startDate": "2020-2023"
}
],
"education": [
{
"institution": "Missouri State University",
"area": "Fine Arts (Photography), English",
"studyType": "Undergraduate",
"startDate": "2006",
"endDate": "2010",
"gpa": "",
"courses": []
},
{
"institution": "Drury University",
"area": "Fine Arts, Global Studies",
"studyType": "Undergraduate",
"startDate": "2005",
"endDate": "2006",
"gpa": "",
"courses": []
}
],
"skills": [
{
"name": "Frontend",
"level": "9",
"keywords": [
"HTML",
"CSS",
"JavaScript",
"Vue",
"React",
"Svelte",
"Astro",
"Tailwind",
"Bootstrap",
"Accessibility"
]
},
{
"name": "Full Stack",
"level": "8",
"keywords": [
"TypeScript",
"Python",
"PHP",
"Node",
"Nuxt",
"FastAPI",
"Django",
"Express",
"Laravel",
"PostgreSQL",
"SQLite",
"MySQL",
"WordPress",
"Drupal",
"SharePoint",
"Internationalization",
"LLM Integration & APIs"
]
},
{
"name": "Design",
"level": "5",
"keywords": [
"Creative Direction",
"Design Systems",
"User Experience",
"Adobe Creative Suite",
"Figma",
"Sketch"
]
},
{
"name": "DevOps",
"level": "7",
"keywords": [
"Git",
"Docker",
"CI/CD",
"AWS",
"GCP",
"Cloudflare",
"Terraform",
"Serverless"
]
},
{
"name": "Data, GIS, Mapping",
"level": "7",
"keywords": [
"Data Visualization",
"Dashboard Development",
"Geospatial Analysis Systems",
"Pandas, GeoPandas",
"D3, Plotly, Observable Plot",
"Maplibre GL, Deck GL",
"Leaflet Ecosystem",
"ArcGIS Online",
"ArcGIS Maps SDKs",
"Felt"
]
}
],
"projects": [],
"languages": [
{
"language": "English",
"fluency": "Native"
},
{
"language": "Spanish",
"fluency": "A2 / Elementary"
},
{
"language": "German",
"fluency": "A2 / Elementary"
}
]
}
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