Hi, I’m Mark 👋

Staff Software Engineer at Federato

March 2023 - July 2024

• Developed an admin portal which significantly improved time to delivery of customization and features
• Built and maintained a design system using React, Tailwind, and Storybook
• Constructed a GraphQL federated gateway using Apollo with custom plugins developed in Rust decreasing average latency by 7x and maximum latency from ~10s to ~40ms
• Architected a database introspection and query tool with capabilities to support custom data schemas for customers with tight integration into frontend components
• Maintained an extremely feature rich and highly configurable data table used in roughly 70% of the application for customers to manage their data
• Implemented significant improvements to build process to improve developer efficiency
• Mentoring developers, knowledge sharing, and teaching techniques for improving engineering skills

Staff Software Engineer at Widen, an Acquia Company

January 2019 - February 2023

• Refactored large portions of a legacy monolith into microservices
• Developed frontend React applications in collaboration with designers
• Lead developer of React component and utility libraries used throughout the company
• Created a distributed architecture using module federation
• Drove the company-wide frontend architecture planning
• Developing a internal browser extension to simplify common development tasks
• Architected and developed a bulk data import tool capable of processing a quarter million records

Web Developer at Computer Know How

August 2016 - January 2019

• Consulting with customers to define their technical needs, then designing and executing a solution to meet them
• Leading development for an enterprise level Single Sign-On application including reporting and analytics functionality, using Node.js and Vue.js
• Architecting a time tracking application that integrates seamlessly with QuickBooks using Node.js on the back-end, Angular/Ionic on the front-end, deployed with Docker
• Creating a payment processing API with bi-directional support for multiple payment gateways, transforming data from disparate sources into a unified format
• Traveling onsite to customers for at-the-elbow troubleshooting for development issues
• Communicating effectively with customers and cross-role internal stakeholders
• Participating and/or leading the entire development life cycle from requirement elicitation sessions to design, development, testing, and support