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With over 15+ 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
Responsible for driving active rates and building community within the Torc talent platform that has 2M users. Torc is the talent platform that powers Randstad Digital. The community team is the marketing arm for talent within Randstad Digital focused on brand, partnerships, email marketing, content, and events. Year 1 highlights: -→ 80% of all placements on the platform are sourced through community — zero paid ads, ever → 97% active rate among LATAM engineers — 40k+ have logged into the platform in the last 90 days → Scaled LATAM sourcing from 1,000 to 6,200 signups/quarter through in-person events and an ambassador program → Grew Discord from 0 to 3,500 members with 10k messages/month → Built content engine from scratch --> 1.4M organic impressions in 2025, no paid spend → Community newsletter holding 40% open rates consistently → 80+ global ambassadors across multiple continents → 50+ events across the US, Mexico, Amsterdam, and Barcelona in one year → Keynoted All Things Open (3,000 attendees) selected to speak at DevWorld (Amsterdam) and Springio (Barcelona) → Partnerships with Google, Microsoft, AWS, Notion, Digital Ocean, and CodeRabbit The proof that cuts through all of it: 8 developers have Torc tattoos on their bodies. That's not a vanity metric. That's what happens when community is built right. I don't run ads. I don't buy reach. I build trust at scale and I have the numbers to show it converts.
A career-focused podcast that gives practical, no-nonsense advice for navigating today’s job market. It blends real stories, industry insights, and honest conversations to help listeners build meaningful careers and professional connections. - 500+ episodes with guests ranging from junior developers to engineering leaders at FAANG speaking to how to level up your career - 3k impressions per episode/live stream - millions of impressions across all social media platforms
- Focus on building and nurturing the development community on the platform - Establish a weekly educational content series on trending tech topics to engage the community - Partnered with product to improve onboarding and retention - Primary focus was to create content to drive brand awareness in the developer community for engineers to sign up to the platform
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!
Business podcast seeking out pre-seed and early stage startups in an attempt to uncover the 'unicorn factor' for of these founders and businesses. - Sought out early-stage founders to be guests on the podcast - Installed basic email marketing tactics to build community for founders - Made founder introductions to VC's and potential buyers and brokered a handful of deals - Leveraged our podcast and social media to promote early stage founders and their business to drive customers to their brand
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.
Had the unique opportunity to create a talent marketplace 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.
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.