Joshua Hare is a Senior Data Scientist based in Manchester with 8 years of applied analytics and machine learning experience, blending a physics BSc with an MS in Computer Science. He progressed from graduate roles and academic research in speech recognition to production-focused ML engineering at THG and now a Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft, delivering models that drive commercial impact. His background includes building end-to-end ASR pipelines using RNNs and CTC decoding, showing a strong foundation in deep learning and data engineering. He has hands-on experience translating research techniques into scalable solutions for ecommerce and enterprise settings, often combining statistical and ML approaches for customer lifetime value and retention problems. Known for bridging academic rigor with product delivery, he brings both experimental curiosity and pragmatic deployment experience to cross-functional teams.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at The University of Sheffield
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at University of York
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