Susan Taylor

Principal Engineer at Everline Software · Embedded systems

Everline Software

New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)

12+ years experience

Carnegie Mellon University

English

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Principal Engineer at Everline Software, focused on embedded systems. Shipped 18 launches on the firmware team without a rollback. Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 857ms to 156ms. Before that: Microsoft and Adobe. Most at home with C and hardware bring-up. Gardening and composting evangelist.

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embedded LinuxCBluetooth LEhardware bring-up

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

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Looking for a technical co-founder for fleet telematics for restaurant chains

The idea: Fleet telematics for restaurant chains
Stage: Idea
I bring: 13 years in fintech
Looking for: Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: New York or remote

I bring 19 years of embedded systems (currently Everline Software). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

New York, NYbluetooth lehardware bring-upembedded linux

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Experience

Principal Engineer
Aug 2025 - Present
Everline Software · 1 yr 2 mo · Contract · New York, NY
- Sit on 7 boards.
- Led or co-led 13 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
Senior Embedded Engineer
Dec 2021 - Aug 2025
Microsoft · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Mentored 11 engineers through their first promotion.
Staff Embedded Engineer
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Adobe · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 353ms to 122ms.
Engineering Manager
Jan 2016 - Jul 2019
Databricks · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Brought on-call pages for firmware down from 35 a week to 4.
- Shipped 14 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
Staff Embedded Engineer
Sep 2014 - Jan 2016
Lockheed Martin · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Shipped 25 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
- Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 44% in two quarters.

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Education

Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Mathematics
2003 - 2007

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