Tom Murray
Backend Developer at Toptal
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Murray is a senior backend developer based in London with 11 years’ experience building production systems, AI models, and end-to-end product features. He currently works at Toptal and previously led engineering at Repairly while co-founding startups like Tokenblocks and Yak Hub, blending hands-on backend work with product and operational instincts. At Ordaos Bio he designed and fine-tuned an LLM for protein generation, demonstrating an uncommon crossover of ML research and deployable backend engineering. With MSc degrees from Imperial College London and Queen’s University Belfast, he combines rigorous academic training with practical startup experience to ship reliable, scalable systems. Tom’s background shows a pattern of turning research-grade AI into usable product features and building the infrastructure to support them.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Imperial College LondonMaster of Science (MSc) Physics and Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc) Physics and Applied Mathematics at Queen's University Belfast
Github Skills (8)
ipu7
deep-learning5
machine-learning5
popart4
tensorflow4
ai4
deep-neural-networks3
onnx1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TomMurray/ValetV2
Apr 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 90 pushes in 10 months
TomMurray/advent-of-code-2022
Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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