Thomas S.
Technical leader at a company AI Core
Short bio
Technical leader at a company AI Core, building and operating cloud-native AI platform services from prototype to production. Hands-on across backend engineering, distributed systems, and Kubernetes, driving technical direction and delivery across teams without direct authority.
Tech stack
Work experience
- Engineering Lead & Product OwnerSince 07/2024
Engineering Leadership: Led a cross-functional team to deliver Gen AI platform services (Orchestration, Prompt Registry); fostered team autonomy and technical direction through influence.
Responsibilities:- Platform Engineering: Replaced an over-weighted internal SDK with a tailored alternative, cutting dependencies by 50% and eliminating security scan failures that were blocking releases.
- Technical Product Execution: Translated strategic AI goals into scalable, production-ready features while balancing delivery velocity with technical debt.
- Innovation & Research: Spearheaded prototyping and supervised a Bachelor thesis on Agentic AI to assess emerging opportunities for the Gen AI platform.
- Community & Representation: Represented the unit and a company Business AI in customer briefings and community events to communicate platform vision and value.
- Senior AI Developer01/2024 - 06/20245 m.
Architectural Leadership: Led the design and development of cloud-native components for MVS releases, ensuring system scalability and improved developer experience.
Responsibilities:- Technical Mentorship: Promoted technical excellence by facilitating architectural whiteboard sessions and mentoring engineers through complex threat modeling and cross-team communication.
- Risk & Delivery Management: Successfully managed project risks and technical dependencies in an ambiguous, high-pressure environment to deliver core AI platform services.
- Strategic Guidance: Contributed to company-wide architectural standards for LLM-integrated cloud applications, bridging the gap between R&D and production-grade software.
- Associate & Specialist AI Developer08/2021 - 12/20232 y.
Continuous Improvement: Conceptualized and implemented a proxied development module as a side project; significantly reduced onboarding time and improved development efficiency across the engineering org.
Responsibilities:- Technical Mentorship: Guided and mentored students and fellows of varying skill levels, fostering growth and knowledge sharing within the AI Core team.
- Scalable Engineering: Contributed to key platform milestones, including multi-cluster scaling and the architectural integration of RAG and LLMs into central workstreams.
- Cloud-Native Development: Developed and optimized AI platform components using Python, Go, and Kubernetes, ensuring high performance and reliability for foundational services.
- Software & Data Engineering06/2017 - 07/20214 y.
Software & Data Engineering: Developed and deployed data science solutions and predictive analytics tools using Python, Java, and Kubernetes across automotive, consulting, and startup environments.
Responsibilities:- Agile Collaboration: Participated in cross-functional teams leveraging Scrum methodologies to deliver quality software and analytical insights for internal stakeholders.
- Data Infrastructure: Optimized data processing environments and databases to support product management and strategic business objectives.
- Continuous Learning: Progressed through diverse industries (FinTech, PropTech, Auto), gaining a broad perspective on applying technical solutions to varied business challenges.
