Summary
Harri Bell-Thomas is an experienced engineering leader with 12 years building and scaling production software, currently at ElevenLabs after a recent Applied ML leadership role at Cohere. He progressed through hands-on and client-facing roles at Palantir—rising from Forward Deployed Engineer to Technical Lead—bringing a blend of systems engineering, product delivery, and domain-driven problem solving. His background includes research-focused software work at Boeing and mission systems development at QinetiQ, reflecting comfort with high-assurance and real-world operational constraints. Trained at the University of Cambridge (MEng in Computer Science), he combines rigorous academic foundations with practical deployment experience across AI and systems stacks. Colleagues know him for bridging deep technical execution with team leadership during fast-paced transitions between research, applied ML, and production engineering. Although his GitHub footprint is private here, his career trajectory suggests a pattern of shipping complex, impactful systems rather than standalone open-source visibility.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering — MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering — MEng Computer Science at University of Cambridge