Sid Probstein
Data Scientist
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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RockstarSid Probstein is a data scientist and startup CTO with 12 years of hands-on experience building search and data-driven products, currently based in Boston. He blends full-stack engineering with applied machine learning, shipping features from responsive front-ends to backend Python services and observability improvements. Notably, he contributed to SWIRL SEARCH, a RAG/AI search project focused on secure, instant answers across enterprise apps, demonstrating experience deploying practical AI without centralizing data. Colleagues know him for tightening code quality, squashing tricky bugs, and iterating quickly on product-facing features. He brings a founder’s mentality—prioritizing speed, security, and measurable impact—while staying deeply involved in implementation details.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
html10
python10
django10
bootstrap9
bootstra9
css9
javascript8
ag8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
swirlai/swirl-search
Apr 2022 - Feb 2023
AI Search & RAG Without Moving Your Data. Get instant answers from your company's knowledge across 100+ apps while keeping data secure. Deploy in minutes, not months.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:25 releases, 24 reviews, 259 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Sid appears to have been involved in the initial development and subsequent maintenance of the SWIRL SEARCH project, as reflected in the "SWIRL SEARCH 1.0" commit. Their work encompassed both front-end styling with Bootstrap and back-end improvements, including fixing bugs and optimizing code, as evidenced by changes to CSS, HTML templates and various python files. The user also addressed code quality, fixed variable declarations and improved log output.
solrindexingfederated-querysourcessearch-engines
sidprobstein/json_tools
Mar 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:200 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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