Available for new projects
Tech PangolinLLC // est. 2019
➜ ~ tech-pangolin --focus
> Building Full-Stack Applications... Engineering AI-Powered Apps... Crafting Educational Games... Developing Web Solutions... Teaching Software Engineering...
// Engineering experience in
- Banking & Finance
- Financial Markets
- Banking Software (SaaS)
- Insurance
- Telecommunications
- Aerospace & Defense
- Aviation & Energy
- Retail & Fashion
- Consumer Technology
- Higher Education
- Ed-Tech
- Small Business
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About Us
A husband-and-wife studio blending software engineering, teaching, and craftsmanship.
# Tech Pangolin LLC was founded in 2023 to relocate our previous business, T&T Development, to Omaha. We've been in business since 2019.
## Terra has been a software engineer since 2008, building for companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Nokia, and is currently a Senior Software Engineer and an AI Engineering Fellow. She's also taught software engineering since 2016 at bootcamps and universities including Galvanize, Columbia University, American Military University, and the University of Denver. Her specialty is the front end, but she's fluent across the full stack.
## Origin: Terra started coding at 12 at a cyber camp in Omaha, building HTML pages, making computer animations, and editing video. In college she failed a course and was told to switch to an easier major because there was no hope for her in computer science. She tells that story to students who doubt themselves, because that advice was wrong.
## Travis is an ASE certified master automotive technician who teaches automotive courses to high school students and adults. He's also a skilled artist and graphic designer who creates digital art.
$ echo $MISSION
"Help others and share our passion for building things."
$ ls ~/credentials
MS, Information & Communications Technology
University of Denver · 2009 — 2012
BA, Computer Science
University of Missouri-Columbia · 2004 — 2008
STEMInnovator Certified Teacher
University of Iowa · 2022
BizInnovator Startup Certified Teacher
University of Iowa · 2021
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Services
How may we help you?
Web Development & Software Engineering
Have an idea for an app or website? We build fully functional, full-stack applications for your business or passion project, backed by nearly two decades of enterprise engineering.
$ npm create app
Game Development
Educational and arcade-style 2D games built in Godot and the browser that make learning feel like play.
$ godot --export
Teaching
Software engineering instruction for students of all ages, plus STEM and Entrepreneurship programs for college credit with Jewels Academy.
$ learn --all-ages
AI Application Development
LLM-powered features, agent workflows, and prompt and context engineering that put OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini models to work in your product.
$ agent run --multi
Video Tribute Creation
Heartfelt presentations with music and photos for graduations, birthdays, memorials, and other special events.
$ render tribute.mp4
Graphic Design
Logos, digital art, and image editing that give your business a distinct visual identity.
$ design --logo
Automotive Services
Trustworthy repairs and multipoint inspections from an ASE certified master technician, including second opinions on shop quotes.
$ diagnose --obd2
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Tech Stack & Expertise
The tools in daily rotation, from component libraries to game engines.
- ReactComponent-driven UIs for web and mobile web
- TypeScriptType-safe front ends and APIs
- Node.jsAPIs, real-time sockets, and tooling
- ViteLightning-fast builds and dev servers
- Material-UIPolished, accessible design systems
- PythonScripting, data work, and teaching
- Godot 3.52D educational and arcade games
- LLM APIsOpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini models in real products
- LangGraphAgentic workflows and multi-agent orchestration
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Project Showcase
$ ls ~/projects
Coming soon
Working on organizing my most recent creations.
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Engineering Experience
Nearly two decades shipping software for banks, telecoms, aerospace, and startups.
- $ years_in_industry
- 18+
- $ companies
- 14
- $ domains
- Banking & FinanceTelecomAerospaceEd-TechRetail
Oct 2025 — Presentcurrent
AI Engineering Fellow @ Overclock Accelerator
Intensive fellowship in AI-accelerated engineering, prompt and context engineering, and multi-agent orchestration.
- LLM APIs
- LangGraph
- Agno
- Python
Mar 2024 — Presentcurrent
Senior Software Engineer @ An Aerospace and Defense Companyclassified
Builds and maintains applications based in Python and React.
- Python
- React
Aug 2020 — PresentcurrentOmaha, NE
Owner @ Tech Pangolin LLC
Application and website development for small businesses.
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Flutter
Nov 2022 — Mar 2024
Contract Developer @ Operational Systems, Inc.
Developed enterprise web applications with teams across multiple client companies.
- Full-Stack
- Enterprise Web Apps
Jun 2019 — Apr 2020Broomfield, CO
Sr Technical Consultant @ Temenos
Built responsive online account sign-up apps for banks, Groovy validation services, and React prototypes.
- AngularJS
- Java (Groovy)
- React
Oct 2015 — Jun 2019Charlotte, NC
Web Developer 4 @ Wells Fargo
Built internal web applications for retail stores and prototyped upgrades in React and Angular 7.
- AngularJS
- Bootstrap
- Java
- MySQL
- Perl
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Teaching History
Bootcamps, universities, and youth programs where we've had the pleasure of teaching.
$ git log --oneline --graph teaching
efdc120Apr 2024 — PresentHEAD
American Public University System
Instructor
Undergraduate Information Technology and computer science courses for working adults in business, healthcare, education, and government.
ebed1b3Jul 2022 — Dec 2023
Galvanize / Hack Reactor
Managing Lead Instructor
Led instruction for the Software Engineering Immersive in JavaScript and Python for adults and career changers. Featured in Hack Reactor's article on its engineering experts and instructors.
c43e8f8Jun 2022 — Mar 2023
Columbia University
Instructor, Pre-College Program
Taught Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to give high schoolers a college-level experience.
2ca1032May 2020 — Jul 2021
Adjacent Academies
Coding Instructor (College Level)
Introduced college students to core programming concepts.
8ae689cJun 2019 — Jul 2022
Thinkful (now part of Chegg)
Software Engineering Instructor
A 6-month online full-stack bootcamp covering HTML, CSS, ES6, jQuery, React, Node, Express, and MySQL.
8a278f1Nov 2016 — Jun 2019
2U / Trilogy Education with the University of Denver
Full Stack Web Development Instructor
250+ hours of in-class teaching per cohort across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Express, React, MongoDB, MySQL, and more. The University of Denver interviewed me about teaching at my alma mater.
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University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Where my teaching career got its start.
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Jewels Academy
Mobile app development with Thunkable and Entrepreneurship for children and high schoolers, for college credit.
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Talent Path
Designed and taught a course on JavaScript, TypeScript, and Angular 8 with Socket.IO.
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Testimonials
Kind words from students, mentees, and colleagues.
If you're looking for a top-notch software developer, or an unflappable deeply-intelligent technology leader, look no further because you have found her: Terra Taylor. When I met her in the interview process, I immediately thought, "This is a person I really w...
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On Instagram
Project snapshots, teaching moments, and what we're building lately.