Summary
Sam O'Mullane is a Lead Machine Learning Engineer in Seattle with nine years of experience applying data science, ML, and software engineering to product and operational problems. Trained as a physicist with a PhD in Nanotechnology and an MSc in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, he brings rigorous experimental thinking to model development and deployable ML systems. His career spans startups, consultancy and in-house roles—building production models at Assurance IQ and leading ML work at BluWave—while also operating as an independent Data Scientist/ML engineer earlier in his career. Comfortable across the stack, he blends algorithmic research, scalable engineering, and domain-driven feature design to move projects from prototype to production. Notably, his background in nanoscience and applied physics gives him a distinctive edge in framing noisy, real-world measurement problems for robust ML solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Master’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Imperial College London
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at Boston College
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nanotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Nanotechnology at University at Albany, SUNY