# Mark R.

> Senior Software Engineer at Human Interest

Location: San Bruno, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/markr

Experienced Software Engineer with skills in back-end application design/architecture, JavaScript (Node.js, Django/Python, Vue, Angular, React), and SQL and noSQL design. Strong engineering professional with experience leading a team and designing infrastructure and application code at scale.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Human Interest
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Chewse
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
(Acquired by Foodee)

The sole member of the engineering team for roughly the first three months at Chewse, and helped re-build and grow the engineering/product team.

Technologies included: Django, Node.js, AWS, Heroku, Vue.js, Angular

- Optimized Chewse's data warehousing/ETL pipeline using Stitch and DBT.
- Helped define internal best practices and implemented a service oriented architecture in Django.
- Helped devise and document a team rollback strategy in case of a bad migration or deployment.
- Architected and implemented an internal decoupled front end server using Node.js.
- Helped architect and built the new Meal System which allowed customers and internal users to easily define and re-plan meals for clients based on dietary restrictions, head count, and other options.
- Architected and implemented a recurring event system to efficiently handle clients ordering on a schedule (for example weekly meals on M, W, and F).
- Took on many lead responsibilities, which included interviewing, on-boarding, mentoring, and offering guidance and feedback to other engineers on the team.
- Worked closely with the product team to define tickets, provide estimates, and plan sprints.

### Software Engineer @ Stanza
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led back-end/infrastructure engineering efforts at Stanza.

Technologies include NodeJS, React, GraphQL, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL. Hosted and served through AWS.

Responsibilities include:
- Architecting solutions for backend and infrastructure challenges
- Onboard and mentor interns and junior engineers
- Responsible for upkeep and performance of 10+ micro-services and infrastructure at scale (we serve ~100 million http requests/day)

### Software Engineering Intern @ Stanza
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Built and maintained hundreds of web scrapers as a key part of Stanza's data ingestion layer. Streamlined the process for building scrapers and pulling data.
- Extensive exposure to Node, MongoDB, Redis, and AWS

### SEO/SEM Specialist @ UniversalGiving
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Organization lead on search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and social media. Oversaw the expansion of the organization's Google AdWords budget from $10,000/month to $40,000/month. Brought on in a specialist/consulting role after interning for 5 months.

### SEO/SEM Intern @ UniversalGiving
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Responsible for overseeing Google AdWords account, providing weekly/monthly traffic reports, and providing recommendations to the development team on SEO best practices.

### Inbound Marketing Intern @ Yesware, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Responsible for researching inbound marketing leads using LinkedIn, Google, AngelList, and other online resources.

### Tutor @ Occidental Community Literacy Center
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Occidental College
Tutored 6th graders in analytical, expository, narratives, and poetry through Occidental College's Community Literacy program. Responsible for all elements of the tutoring curriculum.

### Counselor @ Decathlon Sports Club
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Redwood City, CA
Responsible for a group of 15 2nd grade boys. Taught fundamentals of a variety of sports ranging from mainstream sports like basketball, soccer, and baseball to lesser played sports such as golf and high jump.

### Counselor @ Skyhawks Sports Academy
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009
Coached fundamentals of basketball and football to kids ranging from 1st-8th grade.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics
Occidental College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/markreid11
- Website: http://markreid.co

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Last updated: 2026-03-22