Niclas Thomas
Head Of Data Science & Engineering
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNiclas Thomas is a data science and AI leader with 12 years’ experience building commercial ML capabilities across retail and e-commerce, now heading Data Science & Engineering at Post Office Ltd. He holds a PhD in machine learning from UCL and has translated deep academic expertise into production impact at Next, Gousto, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Author of Data Science for Immunologists and a co-author on papers in Nature-family journals, he brings rare domain breadth spanning immunology modelling to large-scale consumer analytics. Known for moving models from research to robust, business-focused systems, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical direction. Based in the UK, he often blends rigorous probabilistic thinking from his academic work with pragmatic product and engineering trade-offs to deliver measurable commercial outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MMath Mathematics, MMath Mathematics at University of St AndrewsUniversity College London
French
Github Skills (16)
immunology8
python7
matplotlib5
data-science5
bioinformatics5
genomics5
packaging5
data-visualization4
dependency-management4
dependency-manager4
pandas4
representation-learning1
algorithms1
python-packaging1
bioconductor1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
uclinfectionimmunity/Decombinator
Apr 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 3 pushes in 9 months
bioinformaticst-cell-receptorgenomicst-cell
niclas-thomas/playground
Jun 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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