Data Scientist I built an ML-powered SaaS platform that increased team productivity by 20, taking Blink SEO's internal tooling from spreadsheets to a marketable product: full-stack, handling everything from NLP to cloud infrastructure. My research at the National Physical Laboratory produced a novel scaling indicator for tipping point detection in multidimensional time series, published in Environmental Research Letters (2022). I am currently taking on freelance projects but am seeking a permanent remote data science role where I can build production systems and continue solving complex technical problems.

Joshua Prettyman

Data Scientist I built an ML-powered SaaS platform that increased team productivity by 20, taking Blink SEO's internal tooling from spreadsheets to a marketable product: full-stack, handling everything from NLP to cloud infrastructure. My research at the National Physical Laboratory produced a novel scaling indicator for tipping point detection in multidimensional time series, published in Environmental Research Letters (2022). I am currently taking on freelance projects but am seeking a permanent remote data science role where I can build production systems and continue solving complex technical problems.

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I built an ML-powered SaaS platform that increased team productivity by 20, taking Blink SEO’s internal tooling from spreadsheets to a marketable product: full-stack, handling everything from NLP to cloud infrastructure.

My research at the National Physical Laboratory produced a novel scaling indicator for tipping point detection in multidimensional time series, published in Environmental Research Letters (2022). I am currently taking on freelance projects but am seeking a permanent remote data science role where I can build production systems and continue solving complex technical problems.

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Work Experience

Data Freelancer at joshuaprettyman.com/freelance
January 1, 2025 - Present
Delivered projects including model deployment, dashboard creation (Tableau), pipeline automation (dbt, Databricks), database setup (AWS), data engineering and data analysis.
Data Scientist at Blink SEO/Macaroni Software
November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2024
Built a full-stack ML SaaS platform from scratch, increasing team productivity by 20% and enabling year-long SEO campaigns to be delivered in weeks. Developed NLP-powered keyword clustering with quantitative data, architected a Python backend on GCP Compute Engine with BigQuery integration handling 50M+ data points daily, and automated pipelines with PostgreSQL-backed job queues. Delivered interactive dashboards and integrated LLMs to provide ready-to-go content-gap suggestions, accelerating decision-making for clients.
Data Science Researcher at National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
September 1, 2015 - February 1, 2021
Developed a novel scaling indicator for tipping point detection in multidimensional time series, created methods for detecting tipping points in dynamical systems, and built models to test hypotheses on large meteorological datasets using MATLAB and Python. Delivered visualisations and data processing pipelines for stakeholder presentations and publications.
Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University
September 1, 2017 - July 1, 2019
Taught mathematics, statistics and computing courses from Foundation Degree to Masters, including Excel for Business, with responsibilities covering lesson planning, tutorials, and student support.
Informatics Developer (internship) at UK Met Office Informatics Lab
June 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017
Assessed viability of using amateur meteorological data to augment official observations; performed data cleaning and analyses in Python and Java; worked with API data and participated in daily stand-ups with the Informatics team.

Education

Ph.D. Mathematics at University of Reading
January 11, 2030 - January 4, 2026
M.Res. Mathematics at Imperial College London
January 11, 2030 - January 4, 2026
MA Mathematics at University of Edinburgh
January 11, 2030 - January 4, 2026
Ph.D. Mathematics at University of Reading
September 1, 2015 - February 1, 2021
M.Res. Mathematics at Imperial College London
January 11, 2030 - January 4, 2026
MA Mathematics at University of Edinburgh
January 11, 2030 - January 4, 2026

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Education, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other