Torc

Responsible for building community within a $30 billion publicly traded staffing company (Randstad).

VP of Global Community

Gun.io

Community Lead

Responsible for creating meaningful content for the software engineering industry to help job seekers find a job faster and engineering leaders scale and hire more efficiently. Focused on building community through technology conferences and events. Connecting engineering talent to open positions on Gun.io's platform!

Community Manager

The Unicorn Finders

Business Podcast where we are on the quest to illuminate the elusive 'Unicorn Factor' in companies doing unicorn like things! Join us on our educational journey through podcast episodes, interviews, and articles with some of the best of the best using their platform and skills to make the world a better place.

Head of Community

Vaco

In January of 2023 my NERD team merged with our Global Solutions team to double our IT team from 7 to 15 individuals. I am responsible for heading up the entire technology team with an emphasis in relationship/community building among tech professionals across the country. I also am assisting in branding/content for our entire Global Solutions team.

Managing Director, Practice Lead - Vaco Technology Global Solutions

Had the unique opportunity to create a whole new division within Vaco that was focused on finding and placing the top remote engineering talent for our clients across the country. We started with a team of me/zero and grew to seven people.

Managing Director, Lead - Nashville Engineering Remote Division

Directly lead a team of 10 recruiters plus 2 sourcers. Responsible for training across all areas of technology, implementing best practices in recruiting processes, and heavily involved in the hiring of new recruiters. Still 100% hands on in recruiting for all things application development in the Greater Nashville area. Actively involved in speaking across the southeast at technology conferences. Responsible for training on best practices across Vaco nation on CRM best practices.

Managing Director, Recruiting - Vaco Technology Nashville

Directly lead a team of nine recruiters and pioneered our sourcing program at Vaco. Responsible for training across all areas of technology, implementing best practices in recruiting processes, and heavily involved in the hiring of new recruiters. Still 100% hands on in recruiting for all things application development in the Greater Nashville area.

Sr. Director, Recruiting – Vaco Technology Nashville 

Focusing recruiting efforts in the Greater Nashville area. Recruiting specifically in the area of application development with an emphasis around Java, Microsoft, and Open Source technologies. Managing various accounts and working with IT leadership to address organizational needs.

Director, Recruiting - Vaco Technology Nashville

Focused recruiting efforts in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. Recruited all areas of technology from infrastructure, application development, functional, and IT leadership. Managed various accounts and worked with IT leadership to address organizational needs.

Sr. Associate, Recruiting - Vaco Technology Raleigh

Focused recruiting efforts on Fortune 500 clients across the country. Heavy VMS/MSP management. Specialized recruiting in Information Technology, Accounting/Finance, Telecommunications, and Administrative staffing placements.

National Accounts Recruiting Associate 

With over 13+ years of experience in the talent industry, Taylor has placed more than 1,000 software developers in new roles, helping scale hundreds of engineering teams across the globe. His work spans startups to global enterprises, always grounded in a deep passion for people and meaningful connection.

In 2020, he realized that his true calling was building community—not just placing talent. Since then, he has dedicated himself to creating online spaces where developers can grow, connect, and find support at scale.
Today, he serves as the VP of Global Community at Torc, where he leads the charge in making Torc’s digital ecosystem—especially its vibrant Discord community—a home base for developers navigating their careers and job searches. His mission is to ensure that every software engineer feels like they belong somewhere.

A seasoned international speaker and keynote presenter, Taylor Desseyn frequently shares his insights at major tech conferences around the world, speaking on the future of work, remote talent, and the power of community in tech.

Taylor’s mission is simple yet impactful: to show people they’re not alone in the job search while providing valuable support and insights every step of the way.

If you’re still reading this bio, check out my links below to give you more information about me and what I have going on. I would love to assist you with your next job search so shoot me a dm!

Recent Speaking Engagements: 

2025:
DevUp - St. Louis
Spring I/O - Barcelona 
RenderATL (Emcee) - Atlanta, GA
Amplify Allyship - NYC
Talent Land - Mexico 
StirTrek - Columbus, OH
DevWorld - Amsterdam
Epic Web Conf (Emcee)- Salt Lake City, UT
All Things Open - Raleigh

2024:
Commit Your Code - Dallas, TX
Momentum - Cincinnati
All Things Open - Raleigh, NC
JSConfMX - Mexico 
Thrive Tech - Fort Lauderdale, FL
RenderATL (Emcee) - Atlanta, GA

taylor desseyn

100Devs

• Designed and developed 30+ modern, scalable web applications individually and in teams of 5-15 globally distributed developers, resulting in sophisticated, high-quality websites.
• Gained proficiency in 5+ technologies; Routinely researched modern technologies and tools in order to swiftly adapt to newly required agency demands and meet unique needs.
• Maintained production Git repositories by applying a git flow pattern that consisted of structured commits, pull requests, and other key development processes, significantly improving synchrony and streamlining feature implementations.
• Participated 1-2x a week with 1-20 fellow programmers, gaining experience and knowledge in writing custom, scalable code.

Full Stack Software Engineer

Catchafire

I dedicated my time to working with a team of individuals to collaboratively work on issues and problems on various projects.
• Maintained website with a primary focus on the user interface, including content updates, design and accessibility improvements, and feature enhancements

Software Engineer

Dominik Jones Consulting

I dedicate a portion of my time to taking on local, diverse small businesses as web development clients. I believe that a strong, modern, and responsive web presence is a necessity for any business to have a chance to succeed in a market full of giants.
•    Regularly used HTML5 & CSS with JavaScript MERN tech stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js)
•    Researched and implemented popular libraries and modules that best suited clients' project requirements

Detail-oriented full-stack MERN web developer with a passion for problem-solving and building great technology. Proven experience in building RESTful API's and delivering responsive, scalable user interfaces. Seeking an opportunity to leverage my unique perspective and technical skills in a collaborative environment that fosters growth.

I have a background in Psychology and Public Health. My background has slowly evolved into a desire to build amazing products in the digital world to help use technology to build a better online community. I take inspiration from social issues to develop elegant, efficient, and resilient code. My goal is to join a team of diverse and passionate people, who make an effort to build incredible technology and businesses, to help connect online communities one line of code at a time.

Software Engineer | Frontend | Backend | Full Stack Developer |  HTML | CSS | JavaScript | Python | Java | React | React Native | TypeScript | Node | SQL | MongoDB

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