Stephen
Taylor

I work at the intersection of political strategy, software engineering, and media intelligence. My career has moved between politics, media, and technology — and the common thread is building systems that work under pressure and deliver results.

In politics, I served as a senior adviser to Andrew Scheer as Leader of the Official Opposition and to Danielle Smith, the current Premier of Alberta. I provided strategic counsel on communications, media relations, digital strategy, and political positioning at the highest levels of Canadian government.

In technology, I build production software across the full stack — React frontends, Node.js backends, database architecture, and containerized deployment. I have built media intelligence platforms, campaign infrastructure, and client-facing web applications for political and corporate clients.

More recently, I have been focused on applied AI — building multi-agentic systems that handle complex, long-running business workflows autonomously. This is the frontier where software engineering and strategic thinking converge in the most interesting ways.

I founded Shift Media, a digital creative agency for public affairs campaigns. I built the Flashbulb media intelligence platform. I grew a following of 112,000+ on X through consistent political commentary. And I continue to write, build, and advise at the intersection of the things I care about most.