Oliver Thamm
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at deepset, makers of Haystack
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolOliver Thamm is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur from Berlin with 20+ years of engineering and management experience, currently focused on deploying LLMs, RAGs, and AI agents for public sector clients as a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at deepset. He has founded and led multiple startups — from CTO and co-founder roles at Xapix building data-integration APIs for automotive customers to creating Proovy, a no-code website QA product — giving him strong product instincts alongside hands-on backend and infrastructure skills. Oliver’s hands-on background spans Ruby on Rails, vector search, AI integrations, and cloud deployment, and he has repeatedly moved prototypes into production for enterprise customers like Daimler Trucks and major European institutions. He combines rapid prototyping and hackathon-driven innovation with disciplined engineering processes, metrics, and CI/CD practices honed across startups and scale projects. Based in Berlin, he blends deep technical craft with business-facing engineering leadership and an entrepreneurial appetite for taking complex B2B problems from concept to reliable, auditable systems. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of translating research and scientific innovation into commercial platforms, evidenced by his work at PatentPlus and collaborations with European research institutions.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Wirtschaftsinformatik at HTW BerlinEntrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship at Techstars IoT New York
German, English, French, Italian
Github Skills (65)
corona10
google-api10
wikipedia9
api9
displays9
pipenv9
specification9
json-api9
rest8
rest-api8
openapi8
swagger8
api-documentation8
webapi8
documentation-generator8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
xapix-io/iiot_server
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 month
xapix-io/xapix_client
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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