Ian Horn
Founder at "stealth mode" lol
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Horn is a founder and seasoned ML/data science engineer in San Francisco with over a decade of experience turning statistical research into robust production systems. He has led end-to-end ML efforts across startups and established product teams—building high-precision GPS estimators, production recommender and computer vision infrastructure, contextual bandits, and NLP systems for scientific information extraction. Ian enjoys problems that blend math, statistics, and ML, with particular expertise at the intersection of causal inference and supervised learning to drive targeted interventions. He has a track record of shipping rigorous, scientist-facing tools that meet strict accuracy and evaluation requirements. Prior roles include senior positions at Stitch Fix and Elicit and an R&D patent in real-time kinematic positioning, reflecting both practical impact and deep technical foundations. Based in San Francisco with a background in applied physics, he favors creative, theory-informed engineering over one-size-fits-all solutions.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
English
Stackoverflow
3reputation
593reached
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Github Skills (101)
python10
gpu10
portable10
numpy10
jax10
garmin10
automatic-differentiation10
composable10
jit10
autodiff10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
tpu10
c-library10
minecraft9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
imh/hipsterplot
Apr 2014 - Jan 2018
Command line plotting for python
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 3 years 9 months
pythonpython3matplotlibplottingcli
imh/libswiftnav
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
A portable C library implementing GNSS related functions and algorithms.
Contributions:78 pushes, 33 branches, 2 comments in 7 months
cppc-libraryc99c-plus-plusheader-only
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