Mark Wiechec
Principal Software Engineer at Encyclopaedia Britannica
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolMark Wiechec is a Principal Software Engineer with over two decades of experience designing and delivering pragmatic, cost-effective software solutions, currently leading internal tooling efforts at Encyclopaedia Britannica. He blends deep systems-level expertise in languages like Python, C/C++, and Java with strong data and XML tooling knowledge (PostgreSQL, Informix, XSLT, XPath), and a history of shipping reliable software across industries from HVAC controls to publishing. Mark is detail-oriented and quality-driven, comfortable owning full application lifecycles from requirements through deployment while mentoring teams and liaising with stakeholders. A motivated lifelong learner, he actively evaluates emerging technologies and methodologies to solve real business problems rather than chasing novelty. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he pairs engineering rigor from an Illinois Institute of Technology BSEE with a pragmatic consulting background that surfaces practical, user-focused solutions.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Eng. & Computer Science, BSEE, Electrical Eng. & Computer Science at Illinois Institute of TechnologyNiles West High School
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Github contributions (3)
mardow60/hello-world
Dec 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
testingtest-repository
mardow60/syndication-viewer
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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