Florian Schoppmann
Autopilot Engineer at Tesla
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Schoppmann is an experienced software engineer and Autopilot Engineer at Tesla with 13 years of expertise building high-performance systems for autonomy, distributed computing, and bioinformatics. He has co-founded an autonomous-airship startup, led backend engineering for a molecular-diagnostics company, and architected core open-source machine-learning infrastructure (MADlib) for database-scale analytics. His work spans C++, Java, JVM-distributed runtimes, and cloud deployments, with a consistent focus on clean, standards-compliant code and production robustness. Florian pairs academic rigor—PhD research in algorithmic game theory and a history of research roles—with hands-on product delivery, from real-time flight control to motion planning that makes cars drive themselves. An uncommon thread across his career is translating complex algorithms into reliable, deployable systems that scale across domains and industries.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Computer Science and Mathematics (minor), with highest honors (equiv. GPA: 4.0/4.0), Diplom, Computer Science and Mathematics (minor), with highest honors (equiv. GPA: 4.0/4.0) at Paderborn University
English, German, French, Latin
Github Skills (82)
rgb10
rendering10
scene10
asana-api10
stereo10
youtrack9
opengl9
engine9
3d-reconstruction9
fasta9
blast9
python9
metal9
cpp9
youtrack-api9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
fschopp/java-types
Jun 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 12 pushes, 7 branches in 11 months
cloudkeeper-project/cloudkeeper
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 10 PRs, 11 pushes in 6 months
runtime-systemflowsdslruntimejvm
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