Summary
Mark Gable is a Principal Engineer based in Santa Monica with 11+ years of experience delivering scalable, high-availability web applications and enterprise-grade front-end architectures. He has led UI and full-stack initiatives across ecommerce, entertainment, and advertising, including architecting a single-page checkout that accounted for 90% of a company’s revenue and building reusable UI widgets. Currently at Formstack as Principal Engineer (2024–present), he steers platform-level engineering for a visual workflow builder and digital forms ecosystem, combining rapid delivery with strong technical leadership. His prior roles include Senior Software Engineer at Open Raven and Director of Web Technology at MTV Networks, where he built and managed UI teams, implemented SCRUM, improved processes, and guided sites toward modern architectures. Mark brings deep expertise in UI Architecture, React/Redux, AngularJS, MEAN stack, AWS, testing frameworks (Jest, Enzyme, Karma, Jasmine, Protractor), and end-to-end testing, along with a track record of recruiting and mentoring developers to scale engineering departments. A UW–Madison Fine Arts graduate with a long history in multimedia programming, Mark pairs creative problem-solving with pragmatic delivery to turn complex requirements into robust, auditable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Fine Art, Bachelor of Science, Fine Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Indiana State University