Joshua Bourton
Technical Analyst · BSc Computer Science Graduate
First-Class Computer Science graduate from Durham University with a transformer-based NLP dissertation, contributing to the development of frontier LLMs and agentic coding systems through adversarial weakness testing and benchmark design. Placement year as Technical Project Manager at Procter & Gamble, owning project lifecycles across Azure architecture, Databricks data pipelines, and automated CI/CD workflows.
Work Experience
High-ownership enterprise product delivery, cloud infrastructure, and automated DevOps workflows.
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
July 2024 – June 2025Product Manager for a six-figure data reporting project, leading technical scoping, pipeline engineering, and cross-functional delivery between R&D and cloud infrastructure.
- Served as Product Manager for a six-figure enterprise data reporting platform, defining technical requirements, coordinating developers, and aligning deliverables across R&D and cloud operations.
- Recovered and delivered the project within a four-month fiscal window, redesigning scope and team structure to cut reporting latency from ~2 weeks to 5 minutes (99% faster), saving 3–5 FTEs annually and securing follow-on funding.
- Designed and implemented declarative CI/CD pipelines utilising GitHub Actions, Docker, and Azure App Service, standardising build environments and automating deployments to improve developer velocity.
- Architected an automated vulnerability scanning workflow within the CI/CD pipeline to identify security threats pre-deployment, eliminating the requirement for manual audits.
Additional Experience
Frontier AI model evaluation, algorithmic pedagogy, and cross-cultural instructional programmes.
DataAnnotation
June 2024 – PresentDesigned deterministic SWE-bench verifiers and conducted adversarial evaluations across agentic LLM coding systems.
- Contributed to the evaluation of frontier LLMs and agentic coding frameworks through adversarial testing, developing SWE-bench-style tasks on Python repositories and empirically validating failure modes across multi-trial runs.
- Built isolated evaluation environments using Docker, Harbor, WSL 2, and Dev Containers, writing deterministic test harnesses with Pytest and Bash to verify code synthesis.
- Analysed agent trajectories across command-line coding harnesses including Claude Code and OpenCode, producing structured reviews assessing tool utilisation, context navigation, and error recovery.
- Conducted rubric-based A/B evaluations on model outputs to quantify instruction following, semantic correctness, and implementation quality.
TutorChase
Dec 2021 – June 2025Tutored 30+ students aged 13–18 in Mathematics and Computer Science, achieving a 90% client retention rate after three months.
- Delivered targeted 1-on-1 instruction across algorithmic problem solving, Python development, and advanced mathematics.
- Framed theoretical concepts through practical implementations, maintaining a 90% client retention rate across examination curricula.
Gotoco
April 2023 – Sept 2023Executed structured pedagogical programmes and cross-cultural communication in secondary education.
- Designed and delivered a structured curriculum for English language acquisition, focusing on student confidence and active participation.
- Coordinated classroom sessions within a cross-cultural environment, refining instructional delivery and cohort management.
Education
Durham University
Oct 2022 – July 2026BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Placement Year
Key Modules: Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Bias & Ethics in AI, Distributed Systems.
Securitising the Ballot: Computational Modelling of Securitising Rhetoric in UK Party Manifestos
Constructed a transformer-based NLP model to quantify authoritarianism and discourse shifts in UK party manifestos, targeting rhetoric that shapes surveillance and counter-terrorism law.
Poole Grammar School (2019 – 2021)
A-LevelsComputer Science (A*), Mathematics (A*), Further Mathematics (A), Physics (B)
Queen Elizabeth’s School (2016 – 2019)
GCSEs10 grade 9s (including Maths & English Language); A* Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics.
Featured in Bournemouth Echo for academic achievement →Skills & Technical Architecture
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Initiatives & Technical Engagement
Engineering competitions, algorithmic challenges, and technical leadership initiatives.
Algorithmic Competitions
Competed in university hackathons, cybersecurity vulnerability challenges through CyberStart, and discrete optimisation on Project Euler.
Arete Fellowship
Selected for a fellowship in Effective Altruism Technology, analysing machine learning alignment, safety methodologies, and societal impact.
IT Volunteering & Travel
Served as Volunteer IT Technician for a youth club whilst completing one year of solo backpacking across South America and Asia, targeting B2 Spanish.
Beyond The Desk
Skydiving
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← FlipI have engaged in skydiving regularly since 2021, appreciating the disciplined mental focus and protocol demanded during freefall.
Scuba Diving
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← FlipHaving completed certifications in Colombia, I have dived across three continents, observing marine ecosystems and navigation challenges underwater.
Global Travel
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← FlipI have travelled through fifty countries independently, navigating unfamiliar environments whilst experiencing regional culinary traditions and perspectives.
Let's Connect
I welcome discussions regarding graduate software engineering roles, cloud infrastructure engineering, and technical systems design.