Mark Hughes
Principal Software Engineer at LEAP Dev
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Hughes is a Principal Software Engineer based in Sydney with 11 years of experience building user-centric legal tech and collaboration platforms. He has progressively led frontend and full-stack initiatives at LEAP Dev—shaping Matter Activity Recording, Interactive Online Invoicing and LawConnect—to simplify complex legal workflows and speed payments for law firms. His background spans startups and game backend work, giving him a pragmatic blend of product-focused engineering and scalable systems design. Mark also explored AI and legal accounting concepts at Corto and studied data science and game development, reflecting a curiosity for applied ML and interactive systems. Colleagues rely on him for turning legal domain complexity into clean, performant interfaces that tangibly improve client–firm interactions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Game Development and Computer Science Computer Science, Game Development and Computer Science Computer Science at edXDiploma Information Technology, Diploma Information Technology at TAFE NSWMagdalene Catholic CollegeData Science & Python Programming, Data Science & Python Programming at General Assembly Australia
English
Github Skills (200)
javascript-client10
flash-player10
uuid10
phpredis10
flightphp10
browser10
azerothcore10
playback10
html10
reimplementation10
schema-validation10
identifier10
snmp10
filesystem10
css10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
markhughes/CSAvatarCreator
Apr 2015 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 8 years 7 months
building-with-bukkit/gradle-dependencies-example
Oct 2017 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
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