Taylor Bantle
Software Engineer at DoltHub
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTaylor Bantle is a software engineer in Los Angeles with nine years of experience building backend systems and shipping secure, production-ready features. Currently at DoltHub, Taylor contributed JWT authentication to a MySQL-compatible Go database engine, demonstrating both systems-level thinking and practical security implementation in an open-source context. Prior roles include teaching software engineering fundamentals at Hack Reactor and launching a large car-sharing market for General Motors, a mix that highlights both technical mentorship and product-facing operational experience. Comfortable across Go and full-stack problem solving, Taylor pairs hands-on coding with a knack for turning user and business needs into reliable engineering outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
Advanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Brown UniversityMarymount High School
Dutch, Spanish, English
Github Skills (6)
databases10
go10
mysql10
database10
jwt10
sql9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dolthub/go-mysql-server
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
A MySQL-compatible relational database with a storage agnostic query engine. Implemented in Go.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 16 commits, 36 PRs in 4 days
Contributions summary:Taylor primarily contributed to the implementation of JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication for the MySQL server. Their work included creating `jwt_auth.go` to handle JWT validation, configuration, and integration within the existing MySQL database structure. The user also modified existing files to integrate the new authentication method. The overall impact of these changes is to provide a secure and flexible authentication mechanism.
gomysqlquery-enginerelational-databasessql-engine
dolthub/dolt-workbench
Nov 2023 - May 2026
A modern, browser-based, open source SQL workbench for your MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible database with version control features when connected to Dolt.
Contributions:118 reviews, 463 PRs, 520 pushes in 2 years 6 months
databasedoltmysqlpostgresqlsql
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