Jack Hughes
Technical Lead (Android) at DraftKings Inc.
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Hughes is an Android Technical Lead with 12 years of experience building mobile-first experiences and backend services, currently leading Android engineering at Capital One. He blends hands-on coding with design and product empathy, consistently turning client needs into polished, user-focused solutions across finance and social platforms. His background includes senior roles at Twitter and consulting stints delivering end-to-end mobile and service stacks for diverse clients. Jack’s work is rooted in practical problem-solving—from responsive web and WordPress projects to large-scale Android systems—and he brings a creative maker’s mindset informed by activities like painting and writing. Based in Virginia, he pairs technical leadership with a talent for uncovering the real problems users care about and shipping tangible value quickly.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Computer Science, Computer Science Computer Science at Virginia TechBachelor's Degree Information Systems, Bachelor's Degree Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAdvanced Diploma General, Advanced Diploma General at Fredericksburg Christian High School
English
Github Skills (74)
webservice10
crowd9
cpp9
conversations9
lms8
canvas-lms8
haskell8
lua7
javascript7
prolog7
elixir7
react7
lisp7
perl6
cfml6
Programming languages (63)
Github contributions (5)
jackhughesweb/jackhughesweb.github.io
May 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:77 pushes in 4 years 4 months
jackhughesweb/explorelocal
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:102 commits, 2 issues in 3 months
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