Thomas Oppelt is an AI software engineer and seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience building scalable Python systems, leading multinational teams, and recruiting top technical talent. He specializes in LLM development, fine-tuning (SFT, QLoRA, DPO, GRPO), hybrid RAG architectures combining vector and graph databases, and research-driven ML engineering including Multi-Agent RL and custom frameworks like TORQA for algorithmic trading. Comfortable at the intersection of research, product and deployment, he has operationalized AI across AWS/Azure/GCP and productionized message-driven async architectures (FastAPI, RabbitMQ, asyncio). A German native fluent in English, he pairs hands-on implementation skills with strategic product and talent leadership, often blending generative models with reinforcement learning to solve domain-specific automation challenges.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Ingenieur (equivalent to M.Eng.), Landscape Architecture, Diplom-Ingenieur (equivalent to M.Eng.), Landscape Architecture at Leibniz Universitรคt Hannover
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Hildesheim
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Thomas Oppelt - AI Software Engineer at Mayflower GmbH