Mark K is a seasoned software engineering leader with 18 years of experience building large-scale, customer-facing systems across Ads and voice assistant domains. Currently Director of Software Engineering at Google, he focuses on scalable data systems for Customer Engagement, having previously led Alexa monetization and proactive experiences at Amazon. His background spans platform and productivity engineering at Blizzard and hands-on full-stack development earlier in his career, including a proprietary financial system of nearly a million lines of PHP that supported day-to-day operations for a mid-sized firm. Mark combines strategic leadership with a maker’s mindset—publishing independent side projects on GitHub and emphasizing practical, production-ready solutions. Based in Irvine, CA, he actively hires and connects with builders, blending product intuition with deep operational experience at scale.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Economics and Finance, Bachelors Economics and Finance at W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
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