Taylor worked as a police officer before entering politics, and served as deputy mayor of Knox City Council.

For five years, Taylor was a serving member of Victoria Police, stationed at Glen Waverley and Lilydale, as well as spending time in the Family Violence Unit.

When he was pre-selected by the Labor Party to run for state parliament, he was serving as a police prosecutor, with the rank of senior constable.

In his inaugural speech, Taylor detailed experiences in his childhood around witnessing family violence, substance abuse and his mother's mental health battles, as well as his time in out of home care.

[5] He was re-elected at the 2022 Victorian state election, overcoming a boundary redistribution that made the seat of Bayswater notionally Liberal-held to defeat Nick Wakeling with a nearly five percent swing in his favour.