Summary
Simon Hartley is a Senior Artificial Intelligence Research Engineer with nine years of experience applying C++, Python, R and CUDA to high-performance research problems across universities in the UK. Trained in theoretical physics (MSci) and computer graphics (MSc), he blends rigorous mathematical thinking with practical software engineering for computer vision, point-cloud processing, medical HPC pipelines and deep learning. He has driven HPC support and development on tier-2 systems, coached postdocs, taught Software Carpentry workshops, and acted as an NVIDIA Ambassador to translate GPU research into production-capable code. His work spans building GUIs and real-time risk-calculation tools for NHS collaborations to developing actor-critic RL models and GROMACS workflows, showing a rare mix of domain breadth and engineering polish. Colleagues cite his hands-on support and workshop-driven training as key to accelerating research uptake of complex tooling. Based in England, he combines academic research rigor with practical mentorship and production-focused AI engineering.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer