Nils Hammerla is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 13 years of experience building AI-driven products at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare. Based in London, he has led ML and NLP teams at babylon Health, driven applied research at Twitter focused on large-scale graphs and self-supervised learning, and now heads innovation in biotech and immunotherapy at coding.bio. He combines deep academic roots—a PhD in computer science focused on time-series and human behaviour—with hands-on engineering across production ML systems and user-facing dialogue systems. Known for translating research into product impact, he excels at scaling teams and research pipelines to deliver regulated, medically-relevant AI. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-domain fluency spanning ubiquitous computing, clinical text processing, and ad/recommendation research, enabling creative solutions in high-stakes environments.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom Computer Science & Physics, Diplom Computer Science & Physics at TU Dortmund University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Newcastle University
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Nils Hammerla - Chief Technology Officer at coding.bio