Oliver Funk
AI Developer at RC Fornax
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Funk is an AI Developer and senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade systems across fusion research, high-frequency trading, and GenAI SaaS. He combines deep Python expertise and mathematical modelling with full-stack React and Next.js experience to deliver cloud-native, performance-focused solutions—most recently architecting a production RAG system and micro-frontends for a GenAI platform. His background spans research software for fusion reactor design (Bluemira), real-time trading infrastructure managing multimillion-dollar capital, and low-temperature nano-electronics research, reflecting an uncommon blend of scientific rigor and industry-grade engineering. Comfortable across DevOps, observability, and data pipelines, he has shipped Kubernetes/Helm deployments, Prefect ingestion flows, and Vault-secured secrets in mission-critical environments. Known for translating complex research requirements into practical tools, he enjoys collaborative teams and roles in backend or full-stack web development that bridge research and product. Based in London, he brings a track record of turning niche domain knowledge into robust, auditable software.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Nanotechnology, Master's degree Nanotechnology at University of Cape Town
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Github Skills (142)
mobile-development10
windows10
bundler10
reactor10
javascript10
app-framework10
dart10
chemical-engineering10
executable10
cross-platform10
fusion-reactor10
android10
mobile10
macos10
nodejs10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
oliverfunk/oliverfunk.github.io
Nov 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:14 PRs, 44 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
oliverfunk/immutable_model
Mar 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:104 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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