Joseph Allcock
Senior Software Engineer at Exciting Instruments
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Allcock is a Senior Software Engineer and scientist with eight years’ experience building software for advanced scientific instruments, currently leading the software effort for single-molecule microscopy at Sheffield-based deep-tech startup Exciting Instruments. He combines a PhD in Physics and research experience on plasma spectroscopy and imaging for nuclear fusion at UKAEA with industry-grade tooling work on 3D lighting and look-development at Foundry, bridging experimental science and production software. Comfortable across research and product environments, he designs systems that translate complex physics measurements into reliable, user-focused software. His background includes peer-reviewed publications and a track record of shipping tooling used in high-end visual effects workflows, signalling an unusual mix of experimental rigor and creative engineering. Joseph is based in the UK and maintains an active developer identity aligned with scientific instrumentation and open, reproducible research.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Durham UniversityMPhys, Physics, MPhys, Physics at University of York
Github Skills (13)
bayesian4
python4
inference3
bayesian-data-analysis3
mcmc3
statistical-inference3
image-processing2
data-analysis2
bayesian-statistics2
computer-vision2
mass-spectrometry1
imaging1
microscopy1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jsallcock/cispp
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:51 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
jsallcock/pystark
Mar 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:58 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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