Summary
Hayden Sansum is a Founding AI Engineer with nine years of data science and engineering experience spanning UK government, health diagnostics, and personalization at Spotify. He led corporate data science at the UK Ministry of Justice, translating policy needs into robust, ethically governed ML pipelines and mentoring teams to raise analytical capacity. At Day Zero Diagnostics he progressed from Data Scientist to Lead Data Scientist, applying production ML to high-stakes diagnostics before moving to found Lexi. Trained as an engineer (MEng) and with an MS in Data Science from Harvard, he blends mechanical-electrical systems thinking with rigorous data practice, often focusing on reproducibility, automated ETL, and unsupervised methods. Based in Boston, he brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach honed in fast-paced technical roles and a track record of turning complex, sensitive datasets into actionable, trustworthy insights.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
A-Levels & GCSE, A-Levels & GCSE at Sir Thomas Rich's Grammar School
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Harvard University
Master of Engineering (MEng) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at University of Bath
English