Mark Qvist

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

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Mark Qvist is an adaptable senior software engineer and consultant with 11 years of experience delivering end-to-end solutions across operations, workflow automation, virtualized infrastructure, and custom web and application development. Comfortable from low-level networking and VPNs to PHP/Symfony back-ends and Objective-C/Cocoa clients, he pairs hands-on implementation with active involvement in specification and design. As an independent consultant based in Copenhagen, he has honed strong communication and problem-solving skills through direct client collaboration and ownership of complex projects. His open-source work includes contributions to resilient networking projects like Reticulum and NomadNet, where he implemented throughput testing and full-stack features for decentralized communication. Known for quickly acquiring new domain knowledge, he excels at finding creative, efficient paths through novel technical challenges. His background in software engineering from DTU and Roskilde underpins a practical, systems-oriented approach to building robust, maintainable solutions.

11 years of coding experience

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Roskilde Universitetscenter

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Danish, English

Github Skills (10)

user-interface10

urwid10

python10

networking10

cryptography9

tcp9

data-transfer9

configuration-management9

mesh-network9

ip9

Programming languages (11)

JavaQMLC++CSSCRustScalaJavaScript

Github contributions (5)

markqvist/NomadNet

Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

Communicate Freely

Role in this project:

Full-stack Developer

Contributions:52 releases, 287 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 9 months

Contributions summary:Mark implemented core application features, including the initial skeleton, setuptools, and versioning for the project. They established basic config loading and identity setup functionality. Furthermore, the user developed a text-based user interface skeleton and implemented the general structure, menu, and basic conversation display of the text UI. Additional contributions include adding file hosting, integrating LXMF message handling and propagation node support, and implementing a URL ingestion feature.

privacycommunicateoff-gridfreelymesh-networks

markqvist/Reticulum

Apr 2018 - Jan 2023

The cryptography-based networking stack for building unstoppable networks with LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi and everything in between.

Role in this project:

Back-end Developer

Contributions:78 releases, 9 reviews, 870 commits in 4 years 9 months

Contributions summary:Mark implemented a speedtest example program, showcasing the use of Reticulum for measuring link throughput. The code includes both client and server components, demonstrating the establishment and use of links for data transfer. The commits also contain updates to improve link timeout calculations and the announce propagation logic.

cryptographyeverythingospfnetworkingbgp

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