MARK ARTISHUK
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Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable full-stack applications. I architect and ship products end-to-end, from system design down to the pixels a user touches.
I lead end-to-end feature development, drive architectural decisions, and mentor engineers at production-scale companies serving 200,000+ users. I translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions and think about systems holistically: how they scale, how they fail, and how other engineers will maintain them. Outside of work, I design and build my own products because I genuinely enjoy the craft.
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Experience
American Poolplayers Association
Full-timeSoftware Engineer
Led end-to-end development of core platform features supporting 200,000+ active users across league play, tournament management, and internal operations.
- Drove architectural decisions across frontend and backend systems, improving scalability and maintainability of high-traffic applications
- Reduced critical endpoint latency by up to 77% and improved overall system responsiveness by ~20% through advanced query optimization, indexing strategies, and multi-layer caching
- Spearheaded frontend performance improvements by eliminating unnecessary re-renders and restructuring component architecture
- Mentored engineers through code reviews, system design guidance, and enforcing modern development standards across the team
- Partnered with product and stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions
HuntNHook
Co-foundedCo-Founder / Lead Engineer
Architected and built a two-sided marketplace for outdoor experiences (fishing, hunting, recreation), owning all technical decisions from schema design to production deployment.
- Designed and implemented a full Stripe Connect payment system including escrow-style holds, delayed payouts, dispute handling, and idempotent webhook processing
- Built geospatial search using PostGIS with efficient bounding-box queries, distance sorting, and multi-dimensional filtering
- Designed distributed system architecture using PM2 clustering, BullMQ worker queues, and Redis Pub/Sub for real-time GraphQL subscriptions across instances
- Implemented a multi-layer caching strategy with intelligent invalidation to support scalable, low-latency data access patterns
Selected Work
HuntNHook
Architected and built a two-sided marketplace for outdoor experiences (fishing, hunting, recreation), owning all technical decisions from schema design to production deployment. End-to-end platform covering geospatial search, booking with escrow-style payments, real-time messaging, Stripe Connect host payouts, and distributed background job processing.
- Designed and implemented a full Stripe Connect payment system including escrow-style holds, delayed payouts, dispute handling, and idempotent webhook processing
- Built geospatial search using PostGIS with efficient bounding-box queries, distance sorting, and multi-dimensional filtering
- Designed distributed system architecture using PM2 clustering, BullMQ worker queues, and Redis Pub/Sub for real-time GraphQL subscriptions across instances
- Implemented a multi-layer caching strategy with intelligent invalidation to support scalable, low-latency data access patterns
- Established production-ready infrastructure and deployment workflows for a scalable marketplace platform
Rafa Sauna
Designed and delivered a full-stack booking, membership, and POS platform, including admin dashboard, customer-facing flows, and kiosk systems. Built NFC-based payment system using JWT-backed wristbands for seamless contactless transactions across devices.
- Built NFC-based payment system using JWT-backed wristbands, enabling seamless contactless transactions across devices
- Architected a custom booking engine supporting capacity constraints, dynamic pricing, and real-time availability management
- Integrated Stripe for subscriptions, one-time payments, Apple Pay, refunds, and promotions
- Delivered a production-ready system spanning web, mobile, and kiosk environments
United Revival Donations
Built and maintained the donation platform for United Revival, a U.S. nonprofit running multi-city evangelistic events. Handles one-time and recurring payments across 20+ city-specific fundraising campaigns, with a real-time live donation feed displayed at events. Emphasis on frictionless UX and fast payment flows -- Apple Pay/Google Pay support, animated multi-step forms, and video-gated landing pages -- resulting in measurably higher donation completion rates.
- Processing donations across 20+ city campaigns with individual goals totaling $250k+
- Real-time live donation dashboard using Ably pub/sub, displayed on-screen during events with spring-physics animated counters
- Reduced payment friction with Apple Pay/Google Pay, multi-step animated forms, and multiple A/B-tested landing page variants
Construction Automation Platform
Engineered an internal automation system by reverse-engineering a closed third-party API to enable programmatic data entry and workflow automation. Automated high-volume operational tasks, reducing manual workload and improving data accuracy.
- Engineered an internal automation system by reverse-engineering a closed third-party API to enable programmatic data entry and workflow automation
- Automated high-volume operational tasks (20+ daily records), reducing manual workload and improving data accuracy
- Built pipeline-to-invoice synchronization logic, transforming operational data into structured financial outputs
- Implemented headless browser automation using Puppeteer on AWS Lambda for unsupported workflows