Thomas Scholz

Senior Software Engineer · Applied AI, Platform Systems & Reliable Delivery

Skills

My core strength is connecting discovery, software engineering and accountable delivery. Technologies are tools for reliable outcomes in real environments.

Discovery, Integration & Delivery

  • Discovery, scoping and translation of ambiguous requirements
  • Collaboration with users, domain experts and stakeholders
  • Domain modelling, integration design and trade-off communication
  • Rollout, verification, operational follow-up and recovery paths

Applied AI & Agentic Workflows

  • LangGraphJS, MCP and agent orchestration
  • Human-in-the-loop workflows, review gates and verification workers
  • AI-assisted analysis, diagnosis, implementation and documentation
  • Guardrails, audit trails, acceptance criteria and controlled execution
  • Codex, GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT in day-to-day engineering

Platform Engineering & Operations

  • RKE2/Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and Helmfile
  • GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Registry, Pages and Kubernetes Agent
  • Terraform, Ansible, Linux, NetBox and infrastructure as code
  • Longhorn, MetalLB, MinIO, cert-manager, Prometheus, Elasticsearch and Kibana
  • Network, TLS, storage, observability and recovery paths

Backend, APIs & Integration

  • C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Entity Framework and SQL Server
  • REST APIs, data modelling, performance analysis and legacy modernisation
  • PostgreSQL/PostGIS, MySQL/MariaDB and OpenXML
  • Active Directory, customer-facing integrations and long-lived integration paths

Regulated Software Delivery

  • ISO 9001, GxP and GAMP 5
  • Validation, traceability, URS/FS/SDS and Gherkin/UAT
  • Risk analysis, CAPA, change control and developer-facing SOPs

Domain Depth

  • Intellectual property services
  • Chemical/pharmaceutical processes and regulatory reporting
  • Logistics optimisation, geocoding, OpenStreetMap, OSRM, GIS and multi-million-row datasets

Additional Experience

Frontend/web: Angular, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS. Historical systems: VB.NET, Visual Basic 6, COM+, PHP, Perl, Bash, C/C++, NATURAL and ADABAS.

Languages

German: native · English: fluent · Spanish: fluent · Portuguese: good working proficiency