Chris Ratcliff
Senior Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Ratcliff is a Senior Data Scientist based in London with a decade of experience turning large-scale data into impactful product changes, currently driving work at Bumble. He has led ML initiatives across search, trust & safety, ranking and computer vision—most recently reducing explicit content displays by 40% at Spotify while preserving relevance. Comfortable across the full ML lifecycle, Chris builds production retrieval and ranking pipelines, anomaly detection, and deep models that have measurably improved conversion and accuracy in commerce and media contexts. He also teaches Bayesian reasoning through an interactive Educative course, reflecting a penchant for clear communication and practical pedagogy. With an academic foundation in economics and an MSc in Advanced Computing, he combines rigorous statistical thinking with product-focused engineering.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics at University of WarwickMaster of Science (MSc), Advanced Computing - Machine Learning, Data Mining and High Performance Computing, Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Computing - Machine Learning, Data Mining and High Performance Computing at University of Bristol
Github Skills (20)
asp-net-mvc10
shopping-cart9
asp-net-core-mvc9
dotnet9
nette9
entity-framework-core9
asp-net-core9
dotnet-core9
asp-net9
cart9
mvc8
ecommerce8
nopcommerce7
reanimated4
bottom4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ChrisRowtcliff/Synergetic.API
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:18 commits, 9 pushes in 1 day
ChrisRowtcliff/react-native-selectable-text
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019
Capture text selection and customize the action menu
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
reanimatedreact-native-papermenucapture-textreact-native
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