Summary
Marc Litchfield is a Staff Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 13 years of professional experience practicing the full lifecycle of software development—from hands-on programming and testing to architecture and infrastructure automation. He has progressed through senior and architect roles at companies including WebMD and OpenSesame, where he currently helps shape platform and delivery practices. Comfortable across backend systems and deployment tooling, Marc bridges engineering and operational concerns to deliver reliable, testable systems. He brings a pragmatic focus on teamwork and mentorship, helping teams adopt automated infrastructure and robust testing habits. A long-tenured .NET veteran who evolved into architecture and staff engineering, he pairs deep legacy system knowledge with modern automation approaches. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who prefers solving thorny engineering problems over buzzwords, quietly improving systems and processes.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer