Mark Tashjian
Senior Software Engineer IV at GoDaddy
Village of Ballston Spa, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMark Tashjian is a Senior Software Engineer IV with 15 years of experience building and modernizing WordPress-first products and Laravel APIs, currently driving partner-facing platform improvements at GoDaddy. He blends hands-on front-end work—contributing to notable open-source projects like the CoBlocks Gutenberg plugin—with backend reliability improvements such as ElasticSearch logging and CI/CD modernization. Known for unifying developer experiences, he built a Docker-based local dev setup and automated testing for block deprecations to accelerate safe releases. A practitioner of full-site editing and custom block design, he also ships commercial tooling (OmniForm.io) and has a history of consulting for enterprise WordPress customers, including work on WordPress VIP. Outside tech, he’s a committed follower of Christ, a detail that shapes his collaborative leadership and long-term focus.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Burnt Hills Ballston Lake High SchoolA.S. Computer Information Systems Web Design and Development, A.S. Computer Information Systems Web Design and Development at Schenectady County Community College
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
wordpress10
javascript10
gutenberg10
react10
sc9
scs9
css9
jscript8
html8
twitter6
php6
curl6
editor6
simple-xml6
oauth6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
godaddy-wordpress/coblocks
May 2019 - Jul 2022
A suite of professional page building content blocks for the WordPress Gutenberg block editor.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:177 reviews, 325 commits, 530 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the front-end development of the WordPress Gutenberg block editor's CoBlocks plugin. Their work involved resolving build errors by including and configuring necessary dependencies, such as babel-plugin-transform-class-properties. A significant portion of their contributions focused on the implementation and refinement of specific blocks, including the Map and Menu blocks, enhancing their UX, adding new features, and resolving issues. They also worked on improving the UI with typography styles and ensuring image placeholders maintain the correct aspect ratio.
block-editorprofessionalgutenberg-blockwordpresswordpress-gutenberg
sortabrilliant/scratchpad
Oct 2018 - Mar 2020
Keep important information where it makes sense directly in your WordPress dashboard.
Contributions:4 releases, 21 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 5 months
keepwordpresssensegutenbergdashboard
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