Sylvia Mirecki

Co-Founder

Burlington, Ontario, Canada1 yr experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Co-founder and CTO of an AI-powered platform.
Expert in Rust and Large Language Models.
Strong background in distributed computing and software development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in AI and distributed systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Large Language Models (llm)Rust (programming Language)Distributed ComputingAmazon Web Services (aws)SqlJavaWeb Development

Other Skills

Prompt EngineeringSvelteLinuxKnowledge GraphsHaskellSound TheoryObjective-CKotlinCompilersProgrammingMobile Phone AppsAndroidShell ScriptingMathematicsAlgorithms

About

Let's talk about Avocado's Number over some Avogadro Toast. Some side projects: - OpenGL fractal renderer (Rust / GLSL) - 0 dependency B compiler (Rust) - Audio synthesis Lisp interpreter (Rust / Lisp) - Hand wired 6502 computer using an original Atari POKEY chip from the 70s/80s (6502 Assembly / electronics). I also wrote a bootloader, music player, and brainfuck interpreter for it in assembly Currently learning: - How to talk to LLMs - Hindi - Programming - UX + AI UX I like: - Linguistics - Knowledge graphs - Evolutionary psychology - Distributed cognition - When people change my mind about things - Physics - Bouldering - Bullet points - Tapping my feet to groovy music

Experience

Next ai

Participant Founder

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Canada

NEXT AI is a world-class accelerator empowering entrepreneurs to tackle global challenges with AI-enabled solutions. This program offers invaluable mentorship, AI and business education through renowned universities, and networking opportunities, connecting founders with top AI experts and business leaders. By leveraging a renowned ecosystem, NEXT AI equips startups with the tools to develop impactful AI products and successfully commercialize them on a global scale.

Searchless

Co-founder & CTO

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Canada · Remote

Searchless is a human centered, AI-powered video interview platform for Talent teams. We help talent acquisition pinpoint the absolute best candidates faster than ever before possible.
SvelteKit in the front, Rust in the back 🦀

Rust (Programming Language)Large Language Models (LLM)Prompt EngineeringSvelteAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Dropbox

Software Engineer

Aug 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Core Storage Team
Handled 5 blue-whale's-worth of hard disks
Worked across several Rust and Go microservices
Debugged distributed software with Grafana metrics, Loki, and good ol' fashioned Linux tools

Rust (Programming Language)SQLLinuxDistributed Computing

Amazon

Software Engineer

Jan 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Alexa AI Local Info
Designed RDF graph schemas
Reengineered ETL pipeline (Scala/Spark) to cut back 3p onboarding time from weeks to days
Reengineered geocode caching mechanism via Redis, cutting cache costs by 5x
Designed and developed distributed data applications with Scala, Spark, and Python
Designed and developed AWS infrastructure with CDK (TypeScript)
Implemented many algorithms from CS class "that you'll never actually need to use"
Wrote a bunch of (mostly technical) internal papers

SQLLinuxDistributed ComputingKnowledge GraphsAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Jonah group

Software Developer

May 2019 – Dec 2019 · 7 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wrote RESTful API for a vehicle financing client (Spring)
Contributed to R&D team project for an edge computing image recognition tool for warehouse inventory tracking (Python, Raspberry Pi, YOLOv3 ML model)
Contributed to Recommendation Engine project (ReactJS, Spring Boot)

SQLJavaLinux

University of toronto

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2019 – Apr 2019 · 3 mos · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

CSC258 - Computer Organization
Taught digital logic labs
Invigilated tests and exams

SQLLinux

Carpages.ca

Software Developer

Feb 2018 – Dec 2018 · 10 mos

- Worked on React Native app for dealership inventory management

SQLLinux

Verity studios ag

Embedded Software Engineer

May 2017 – Feb 2018 · 9 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Worked on drivers for flying machine hardware (mostly C, some C++, no RTOS)
Improved OTA firmware flashing for flying machines

SQLLinux

University of toronto

2 roles

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2016 – Apr 2017 · 7 mos

PHY136 - Introductory Physics 1 (September 2016 - December 2016)
Taught tutorials
Created, facilitated, and graded quizzes
Lead and graded laboratories
CSC309 - Programming on the Web (January 2017 - April 2017)
Taught labs involving PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, and CSS.
Graded assignments

Linux

Software Developer

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos

Made improvements to the Programming Classroom Resource System (PCRS) platform
Worked with Django for full stack development
Developed a Java sandbox for securely testing, grading, and generating visualizations of student code

LinuxWeb Development

Carpages.ca

Mobile Software Developer

Sep 2012 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mississauga

Created used car search application with over 60,000 unique users for both Android and iOS
Created and maintained the vehicle inventory management app for dealers (iOS)
Contributed to the design and implementation of a RESTful API using Symfony 2

SQLJavaLinux