Anna Railton
AI Engineer at Oxford City Council
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAnna Railton is an AI Engineer based in Oxford with nine years of experience applying machine learning to real-world problems across industry and government. She holds a PhD in Astrophysical Fluids from the University of Cambridge and moved from data science roles into senior ML engineering at GitHub, where she spent six years building developer-focused systems. More recently she has combined biotech AI work—building antibody-design tools—with municipal leadership as Deputy Leader and cabinet member for zero carbon Oxford, showing a rare mix of technical depth and civic impact. At Tomoro she is continuing to advance applied AI, drawing on a strong mathematical foundation and experience shipping production ML. Colleagues describe her as someone who bridges rigorous research thinking with product delivery, and her career shows a pattern of translating complex science into deployable engineering.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysical Fluids, DAMTP, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysical Fluids, DAMTP at University of Cambridge
Stackoverflow
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3kreached
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Github Skills (70)
github-advanced-security10
python10
codeql10
security10
semmle-ql10
neural-network9
displays9
deep-learning9
machine-learning9
vscode-extension9
tensorflow9
ml8
altair8
nteract8
deep-neural-networks8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
annarailton/dotfiles
Oct 2019 - Oct 2025
Contributions:48 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years
annarailton/isis-calendar
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Static site that contains information about events on the Thames in Oxford
Contributions:9 PRs, 60 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 11 months
static-site
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