Summary
Sean Gallagher is a machine learning research scientist with 14 years of experience building scalable AI systems across healthcare diagnostics, e-commerce, and data platforms. He currently designs and implements new diagnosis models at SmarterDx, after leading NLP and data science initiatives at Lowe's and launching open-source projects such as Lowe's lvfs. In prior roles, he served as Senior Staff Software Engineer at Space and Time and Principal Data Engineer at SmarterDx, crafting Rust-based web APIs, Polars pipelines, and hundreds of Airflow-managed DBT workflows. He pairs hands-on research with production-grade engineering, delivering end-to-end solutions from prototyping to deployment. A Charlotte, NC-based technologist, he holds an MS in Computer Science from UNC Charlotte and is known for his uncommon affinity for Rust and a fast, execution-focused approach to collaboration.
14 years of coding experience