Kristy Hughes

Kristy Hughes is a Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian, based in the Greater Sydney Area of Australia.1 She has been working at Atlassian since January 2015, starting as a Developer and progressing to her current senior role in January 2019.1

Professional Experience

Kristy primarily works on Bitbucket server, a Java web application designed to help developers maintain high-quality code.1 Her expertise lies in Java and JavaScript, though she also has a passion for Python, particularly for scientific applications.1

Educational Background

Kristy completed her education at the University of Sydney in 2014, earning a combined degree:

• Bachelor of Science (Pure Mathematics)
• Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science) with Honours1

During her studies, she focused on computer science and mathematics, with a particular interest in pure math and math-related computer science subjects like algorithms and cryptography.1

Research and Academic Achievements

• Kristy's honours thesis was in the field of natural language processing, completed with the Schwa Lab at the University of Sydney.1
• She published a paper in the same field and received the Google Student Paper Award for the best student paper at the 2014 Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop.1
• Kristy graduated with First Class Honours.1

Additional Experience

• Volunteer tutor for NCSS in 2015, teaching Arduino, C++, and embedded systems.1
• Casual University Tutor at the University of Sydney from February to December 2014.1
• Research Assistant at the University of Sydney in 2013, working on computational linguistics.1
• Summer Scholar at the University of Sydney's Schwa Lab from November 2012 to February 2013.1

Kristy's professional profile demonstrates a strong background in both theoretical computer science and practical software engineering, with a particular interest in the intersection of mathematics and computer science.