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Mark Churcher

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    modern software engineering and remote first advocate

  • Education

    • People potential

      2021 - 2021
      Assessment practice level 4 education

    • Lincoln university (nz)

      2011 - 2013
      Graduate certificate of software and information technology information technology

      Completed part time while working. Included object oriented programming, analysis and design ofinformation systems, web and mobile application development, Excel power use.

    • University of canterbury

      2009 - 2009
      Bachelor’s degree music

      Cross credited two prior years at CPIT Jazz School (now Ara Institute) to complete this degree.Included organisation of rehearsals, recording sessions andperformances, composition, as well as arranging, theory, history, anduse of recording and production software.

    • Cpit (christchurch polytechnic institute of technology)

      2007 - 2008
      Bachelor’s degree music

      First two years of Batchelor of Music. Transferred to University of Canterbury for third year.Included organisation of rehearsals, recording sessions andperformances, composition, as well as arranging, theory, history, anduse of recording and production software.

    • Lincoln university (nz)

      2012 - 2013
      Research scholarship computer vision

      10 week scholarship over the summer 2012 -2013 learning imageprocessing techniques with the aim of creating user friendly seedcounting software for a New Zealand plant breeding and research company.

  • Experience

    • Various schools / ministry of education / self employed

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2012
      Music teacher

      Private and Itinerant TuitionIn Drumset, music theory and music software. At schools, music shops and at my home studio.Students age has ranged from 5 to 40 and groups from 1-4.

    • Holland america line

      Jun 2009 - Oct 2010
      Musician

      Worked with a diverse range of musicians, performers and technical teams of all nationalities to put on high quality shows with limited rehearsal.

    • Armourguard security

      Feb 2011 - Feb 2012
      Private security

      In the aftermath of the February Christchurch earthquake. Worked with emergency services and armed forces to assist residents and protect looting prone areas. Worked with teams to resolve conflict in a calm and professional manner in a high stress environment.Moved to part-time while studying.

    • Biological husbandry unit (lincoln university)

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
      Joomla cms site maintenance

      Casual work while studying full time.Used Joomla CMS to maintain a large site in accordance with prioritised list of requirements.

    • University of canterbury

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2012
      Administration/timetabling

      Casual/Part time while studying.Worked with a small team to roll out and configure timetabling software.

    • Wynyard group

      Feb 2013 - Nov 2016

      In this role I worked on a complex, highly configurable soft model product used by government, law enforcement and large enterprises. I led an agile guild to increase communication and knowledge of agile practices across the company .Net developer and ScrumMaster on a complex, highly configurable product. Delivered high quality software and tests using good Scrum practice, navigated treacherous legacy code, created and refined user stories with product owner and Scrum teams, liaised with support and services teams.

      • Intermediate Software Engineer and ScrumMaster

        May 2015 - Nov 2016

      • Associate Software Developer

        Feb 2013 - May 2015

    • Tait communications

      Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
      Design engineer

      Interfacing radio fleets with web, mobile, and the cloud using .Net MVC, WebAPI, Angular, and Octopus.

    • Montage interactive ltd

      Mar 2018 - Jun 2020
      Web application developer

      In this role I handled BAU for large commercial web applications, and lead development and cloud architecture for new products. Tech stack: .NET Core, Vue, React, NodeJs, SQL, CosmosDb, Azure Functions and Azure DevOps.

    • Developers institute

      Apr 2020 - Sept 2022

      In this role I designed and built internal platforms to support the Institute as they experienced rapid growth into a fully fledged technology company with a reputation for delivering realistic contemporary software education.I continued to contribute to curriculum design and delivery of the machine learning, application security and full stack development courses, as well as supporting learners with industry liaison and their journey to permanent employment in the field.Tech stack:React, NodeJs, Jest, MongoDb, PostgresSql, Docker, AWSKey achievements: Mentoring multiple teams through an application security project based courseRolling out Okta SSO to streamline org wide authDeveloping a machine learning curriculum and project based assessments from scratch. Show less

      • Technical Lead and software instructor

        Dec 2021 - Sept 2022

      • Senior Instructor

        Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

    • Parasol limited

      Jun 2020 - Dec 2021
      Technical lead

      Tech Stack:React, NodeJs, Angular, C#, Javascript, Greensock, AzureKey achievements:- Leading a team of fresh graduates at a utilities company contracting role with a security focus- Working with artists and animators to create a scrolling platformer animated graphic novel- Integrating with SELMA to create a customisable enrolment system used nationwide

    • Ratemyagent

      Sept 2022 - Dec 2024
      Senior full stack engineer

      In this role I'm liaising with high performing engineers, designers and salespeople to continuously and progressively deliver features to the RMA platform.I'm integrating with internal and external APIs, streamlining a hugely featured dashboard for a low tech clientele, automating social media posts, and using feature flags and analytics to figure out what is workingTech stack is C#, Angular, SQL, AWS, Stripe, Algolia, Snowflake, LaunchDarkly, Heap

  • Licenses & Certifications