Mark Pleskač

Software Developer | Seattle, WA
markpleskac@gmail.com

Experience

Dropbox

2018 - present
Senior Software Engineer

Design Systems (Front End)

  • New component implementations
  • Automation of Figma→GitHub, releases, breaking changes, and notifications
  • Inital design token setup with StyleDictionary
  • Test harness for testing multiple versions of React in CI and locally
  • While on loan to a special project, I created an internal AI documentation site (front end and webserver), making all technical decisions and handing off to an offshore team.
  • Creation and integration of ThemeProvider for dark mode support and theme refreshes
  • Swapped out react-transition-group for a new motion library. First implemented in Menu and Drawer including a custom hook for support across multiple versions of React.
  • Technologies: Typescript, React, Storybook, Vite, motion

Search and Browse (Full Stack) - Features and experiments in the web on core Dropbox surfaces (navigation, Account Menu, drag and drop, accessibility improvements). Performance optimizations. Typescript, React, Python.

Microsoft

2013 - 2018
Software Engineer II (59 → 62)

Azure Boards (Full Stack) - Worked on the next generation of Azure Boards UI building complete features for work item tracking. Typescript, React, C#, MSSQL.

PowerApps (Back End) - Distributed logging and hosting infrastructure. Distributed systems. Created Microsoft Flow Connectors and infrastructure. C#, Docker, Kusto.

Dynamics (Back End) - Performance team, optimized SQL stored procedures, optimized and fixed memory leaks in our C kernel, created load testing profiles and hooks into the product. C++, Javascript, MSSQL, C#

Education

University of Nebraska

Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering, Raikes School of Computer Science and Mangement, Business Minor