Mark Young
Software Engineer at CDK Global (UK) Limited
Fauldhouse, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMark Young is a pragmatic software engineer with 10 years of experience building web and desktop tools, blending work on legacy proprietary languages with modern web stacks. Based in Fauldhouse, Scotland, he supports global software customers as a Technical Escalation Technician while also developing internal tools to streamline support workflows. His open-source contributions to the well-known Audacity project improved timer-based recording, automated exports and disk-space safeguards—showing attention to user-facing reliability and edge-case handling. A problem solver by trade, he pairs practical bug fixes and UX-minded enhancements with backend improvements to deliver dependable outcomes. Trained in Computing with Interactive Multimedia at Glasgow Caledonian University, he brings a hands-on, support-oriented mindset that turns escalations into long-term product improvements.
10 years of coding experience
University Diploma, Computing with Interactive Multimedia, University Diploma, Computing with Interactive Multimedia at Glasgow Caledonian University
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Github Skills (21)
editors10
c-language10
editor10
wxwidgets10
audio10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
cross-platform9
audio-processing9
file-handling9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
html6
broadcast-receiver6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
audacity/audacity
Feb 2016 - Sep 2016
Audio Editor
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 23 PRs, 8 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily focused on enhancing the timer recording functionality within the Audacity audio editor. Their commits added features to automatically save and export recordings after the timer expires, including options for post-recording actions like shutdown. They also addressed whitespace and capitalization issues, along with implementing disk space warnings and enhancements to the progress dialog, which included allowing confirmation of stop/cancel actions and hiding elapsed time.
audioeditorcross-platformwxwidgets-applicationsgplv2
tip2tail/t2tWinFormAppBarLib
Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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