Mark Francis
Founder at /dev/fort
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Francis is a seasoned software founder and engineering leader with 17 years of experience building and scaling web platforms, developer teams, and operational practices from startups to enterprise. As founder of /dev/fort and multiple ventures including Balloon Studios and Artfinder, he combines hands-on front- and back-end engineering with product-focused retreats that accelerate problem-solving. He has led EMEA engineering at Annalect, delivering GDPR-compliant integrations and introducing agile, CI/CD and big-data pipelines across global teams. A British Computer Society–accredited trainer, international speaker and author, he brings a rare mix of mentoring, process design and technical delivery. Mark is also an active open-source contributor with backend work in the widely used Apache Airflow project—adding API endpoints and improving authentication and docs—demonstrating an ability to influence critical infra. Based in London, he repeatedly turns complex operational challenges into reliable, scalable systems while cultivating team capability.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
City St George’s, University of London
Github Skills (16)
apache-airflow10
api-rest10
rest-api10
api10
python10
apidoc10
flask10
restful-api10
flask-ask10
api-design10
data-engineering9
workflow-engine9
orchestration9
orchestra9
testing8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
apache/airflow
Jan 2022 - Apr 2023
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:97 reviews, 20 PRs, 87 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Mark contributed to the Apache Airflow project by implementing and modifying back-end functionalities. The user's work includes adding a new API endpoint for mapped task instances, modifying the authentication backends, and updating the documentation. They also fixed a triggerer capacity test and added description fields to the variable API results. These changes enhance the API's features and improve the user experience within the Airflow ecosystem.
airflowapache-airflowapachepythonscheduler
norm/macos_shortcuts
Jun 2013 - Nov 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 7 pushes in 3 years 5 months
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