Mark Southee is an experienced technical author with 11 years of documented experience in creating clear, user-focused documentation for networking and API management products across companies like Tyk, CommScope, and Vicon. Based in Llanbedrog, Wales, he has a track record of improving developer and customer-facing docs—contributing front-end tweaks, search enhancements and accessibility touches to the popular Tyk open-source docs. Comfortable in both product teams and short-term contracts, Mark has led documentation teams and delivered for complex broadband and incident-management systems. Though currently not seeking work due to a health condition, he remains engaged with open-source documentation improvements and subtle UX refinements that make technical content more discoverable and usable.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Culcheth High School
HND, Business & Finance, HND, Business & Finance at Crewe & Alsager College
Docs for Tyk Open source API gateway and API management platform. 100% Cloud native
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Contributions:283 reviews, 3176 commits, 2376 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mark's commits primarily involve modifications to documentation files within the `tyk-docs` repository, including CSS, JavaScript, and layout changes. The contributions indicate a focus on enhancing the documentation's search functionality, improving the visual presentation of code examples, and adding features such as a cookie notice. The user also updated links and added new shortcodes to the documentation.
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