Andreas Tollkötter is a software engineer with nine years of experience building backend-focused full-stack systems and AI/ML platforms, currently driving generative AI and big data capabilities at REWE digital. He combines strong academic roots—top-ranked BSc and MSc from RWTH Aachen and research experience on graph isomorphism—with production work at startups and enterprises including Google and IVU. Skilled in Kotlin, C++, Python and web frontends, he has a knack for shipping developer-facing tooling, exemplified by contributions to Repomix, which packages repositories into AI-friendly formats. A curious "knowledge sponge," Andreas pairs deep theoretical understanding with pragmatic engineering to make complex systems usable by teams and models alike.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 1.1, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 1.1 at RWTH Aachen University
📦 Repomix (formerly Repopack) is a powerful tool that packs your entire repository into a single, AI-friendly file. Perfect for when you need to feed your codebase to Large Language Models (LLMs) or other AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Gemini, Gemma, Llama, Grok, and more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:1 PR, 5 comments, 1 issue in 7 days
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily worked on enhancing the `repomix` repository, a tool designed for packing codebases for AI models. Their contributions centered on adding and refining the output formats, including parsable XML and Markdown. They implemented features such as Markdown escaping for correct content rendering and integrated parsable styles to improve output quality and usability. The user also fixed tests and added website server support.
A flake8 plugin used to disallow certain forms of imports.
Contributions:6 releases, 33 commits, 17 PRs in 1 month
linterpythonimportsflake8-pluginflake8
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Andreas Tollkötter - Software Engineer at REWE digital