David Foster
Senior Data Scientist
Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Foster is a Senior Data Scientist with eight years’ experience applying machine learning, data engineering and software best practices across UK government and health-tech startups. He holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the University of Nottingham and has led data platforms for high‑stakes projects — including COVID-19 infection surveys and development of software-as-a-medical-device. Comfortable across Python, cloud, Agile and DevOps, he blends scientific rigor with pragmatic engineering and has supported good coding practices across the UK Government. Previously holding UK Security Clearance, he seeks impactful roles in ethical industries where his mix of research depth and production delivery can drive trustworthy, auditable ML systems.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Life Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Life Sciences at University of NottinghamA-levels, Photography, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, A-levels, Photography, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry at King Eward VII Science and Sport College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (102)
python10
pyspark10
excel10
markdown10
libxlsxwriter10
dataframes10
statistics10
spinner10
gss10
jupyter10
data-science10
sphinx10
xlsxwriter10
tabbed-view10
quality-assurance10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ONSdigital/gptables
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
Good Practice Tables - an XlsxWriter wrapper to write consistently formatted statistical tables to Excel.
Contributions:70 commits, 106 PRs, 194 pushes in 1 year 3 months
excelxlsxwriterstatisticsreproducibilityreproducible-analytical-pipeline
best-practice-and-impact/assumptions
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Generate assumptions and caveats logs from code comments.
Contributions:78 commits, 16 PRs, 59 pushes in 4 months
commentsassumptionslogscode-commentsaqa
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