Shawn O'hare
Principal Engineer, Data Systems Architect
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolShawn O'hare is a Principal Engineer and Data Systems Architect in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building scalable ML and data platforms. Trained as a mathematician (PhD work in representation theory), he applies advanced algebraic and topological ideas to design theoretically grounded solutions for real-world data problems. His career spans startups and enterprise roles—leading data architecture at Skupos and developing production ML and analytics at Workday, Restless Bandit, and 140 Proof. He has built everything from recommender systems and clustering in ad hoc metric spaces to Bayesian stochastic models for financial products, and contributes to backend services in Go with NoSQL and Redshift-backed systems. Known for bridging deep theory and pragmatic engineering, he also brings teaching experience and a history of making complex math accessible to diverse audiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics at Humboldt State UniversityMathematics, Mathematics at Uppsala universitetMathematics, Mathematics at The Evergreen State CollegeOak Park High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at UC Santa Cruz
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Github Skills (137)
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
shawnohare/shawnohare.github.io
Apr 2015 - Jan 2018
Contributions:120 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 10 months
shawnohare/stash
May 2018 - Jul 2020
A feature minimal symlink farm manager (e.g., GNU stow) written in POSIX shell script.
Contributions:4 releases, 21 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 2 months
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