Mark Fick

Hi, I'm Mark

I'm a technical founder and builder based in Seattle.

I'm currently building RetroFlow, a platform designed to help teams surface and resolve friction in their development process - especially as AI increases the volume and speed of output. I focus on turning real workflow problems into products and systems that teams can actually use.

Outside of that, I spend my time tinkering with side projects, traveling, or enjoying a good cup of coffee.

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Past Projects

RetroFlow
 

Retrospective tooling for engineering teams. Async-first, built around the feedback loops that actually change how teams work.

Ambry Journal
 

A simple journaling app I built for my partner. It started as a personal project and became a product I'm proud of.

Agent Context Audit

A focused audit that turns scattered repo knowledge into reusable context for AI coding agents: architecture, workflows, conventions, known pitfalls, and risk areas, so agents start with the context they need instead of rediscovering the codebase from scratch.

Agent Context Audit

AI Project ROI

A feasibility and ROI calculator designed to help teams analyze whether an AI project is actually worth building. It scores readiness across data quality, stakeholders, and complexity, outlining clear implementation paths with estimated hours and value saved.

AI Project ROI

Experience

Founding Engineer, Full Stack – Retroflow
2025 – Present
Built and shipped a production SaaS platform end-to-end using React, Firebase, Stripe, and LLM APIs, growing organically to 1,600 monthly active users; owned data modeling, authentication, subscription billing, and real-time collaboration.
Senior Software Engineer, Data Platforms – Bowhead
2022 – 2025
Owned data integrity across major system migrations, built automated ingestion pipelines and reconciliation reporting, and shipped internal operations tools as the company scaled toward IPO.
Software Engineering Consultant – Lettuce Innovate
2020 – 2022
Led technical engagements from discovery to handoff, building custom data and software solutions and automating manual financial and reporting processes.
Software Engineer, Analytics – Nationwide
2018 – 2020
Automated finance business processes using data engineering and BI, developing validation algorithms for general ledger entries to catch risks and anomalies.
Software Engineer, Finance Data Governance – Nationwide
2016 – 2018
Conducted risk and control analysis on financial data streams, built forecasting models for revenue and expenses, and standardized financial data pipelines.
Technologies I've worked with
StackTypeScript, Python, React, Node.js
DataSQL, ETL/ELT, data modeling, analytics pipelines
InfraFirebase, Postgres, AWS, Azure
Systemsreal-time apps, event-driven architecture
Productanalytics instrumentation, funnel design, experimentation
AILLM APIs, agent workflows

Get in Touch

Whether you'd like to work with me or find out more about what I'm working on, I'd love to hear from you.