Summary
Antony Hallam is an IT systems developer with a decade of hands-on experience melding software engineering, data management and geophysical domain expertise. He has built and automated observability, deployment and VM infrastructure at the University of Edinburgh, authored Golang instrumentation and delivered full-stack Django/HTMX APIs to support clinical and research workflows. His background as a geophysicist and PhD in petroleum engineering means he approaches technical problems with rigorous scientific methods and a workflow-oriented mindset rather than purely algorithmic fixes. Antony excels at turning complex data-heavy processes into repeatable, documented systemsโmeasuring success by stakeholder buy-in as well as technical quality. Now based in Edinburgh and working at Flexitricity, he combines academic research, consultancy and operational delivery to solve multidisciplinary challenges. A lesser-known strength is his track record of teaching and outreach (Software Carpentry, documentation authorship), which helps bridge technical capability gaps across teams.
10 years of coding experience
Post Graduate; Master of Mineral Resources (Exploration), Geophysics, Post Graduate; Master of Mineral Resources (Exploration), Geophysics at The University of Queensland
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus