Mark Stark
Senior Software Engineer Security at Extend
Greater New Orleans Region United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Stark is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in security-focused serverless architectures with eight years of experience building resilient identity and authorization platforms. Based in Greater New Orleans, he has led development of OAuth and user management systems, migrated monolithic repos to poly-repo patterns, and introduced multi-region resiliency and Kafka event pipelines to improve availability and observability. Comfortable across TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and CI/CD, he pairs a functional-programming mindset with pragmatic engineering to raise test coverage and deploy reproducible packages. Mark’s background in fine arts and carpentry informs a practical, design-conscious approach to system structure and stakeholder communication, and he’s demonstrated an appetite for innovation by leading an AI-focused Infosec hackathon that produced a policy-driven security chatbot.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Operation SparkBachelor of Arts - BA, Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Fine and Studio Arts at University of Maryland
Github Skills (15)
react5
backend5
api4
amazon4
amazon-s34
dynamodb4
gateway4
frontend3
aws-lambda3
aws-dynamodb3
lambda3
aws3
serverless-applications2
api-gateway2
serverless2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
WaldorfandStatler/waterGripes
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
leakypipes
Contributions:193 commits, 68 PRs, 28 pushes in 12 days
markstarkart/Infection
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:51 pushes, 100 branches in 19 days
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