Hi, I'm Thomas Pöhlmann

Software
Architect

Turning complex problems into elegant and scalable systems.

react React
tmux Tmux
zsh Zsh
CSS3 CSS3
golang Golang
tailwindcss Tailwindcss
typeScript TypeScript
next Next
javaScript JavaScript
postgresql Postgresql
HTML5 HTML5
MCP MCP
astro Astro
lua Lua
neovim Neovim
angular Angular
python Python
nodejs Nodejs
bash Bash
nestjs Nestjs
git Git
react React
tmux Tmux
zsh Zsh
CSS3 CSS3
golang Golang
tailwindcss Tailwindcss
typeScript TypeScript
next Next
javaScript JavaScript
postgresql Postgresql
HTML5 HTML5
MCP MCP
astro Astro
lua Lua
neovim Neovim
angular Angular
python Python
nodejs Nodejs
bash Bash
nestjs Nestjs
git Git
react React
tmux Tmux
zsh Zsh
CSS3 CSS3
golang Golang
tailwindcss Tailwindcss
typeScript TypeScript
next Next
javaScript JavaScript
postgresql Postgresql
HTML5 HTML5
MCP MCP
astro Astro
lua Lua
neovim Neovim
angular Angular
python Python
nodejs Nodejs
bash Bash
nestjs Nestjs
git Git

What I do?

  • Architecture & Systems Design
    • •Design and implementation of scalable microservice architectures
    • •Technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration
  • Application Development
    • •AI-powered applications using autonomous agents, RAG, and MCP
    • •Modern web and mobile apps (SPAs, Android, Wear OS)
    • •API design, full-stack development, and system integration
  • Performance Optimization
    • •System profiling, benchmarking, and fine-tuning
    • •Improving reliability, throughput, and developer experience
  • Developer Tooling
    • •Neovim plugins (e.g. 'nx', 'exec', ...)
    • •Fast and intuitive CLI tools
  • Operations & DevOps
    • •Containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
    • •CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Blog

Recent posts

Config-based Git hooks

Git 2.54 brings hooks into your config

Git 2.54 introduces config-based hooks: define them in .gitconfig, run multiple hooks per event, and share them across a team with a single setup command. Works for any language stack without additional tooling.

June 03, 2026
#git

Delimiter in :substitute

Your :substitute command deserves better than \/\/\/

Did you know you can swap out the / delimiter in :substitute for any character? This comes in especially handy when working with file paths — use , instead and skip the backslash escaping.

April 30, 2026
#neovim

Setting up a local git remote

Set up a bare repository and protect branches with hooks

Learn how to create a local bare Git repository and protect main or master using pre-receive hooks, giving you GitHub-like control on your own server.

March 20, 2026
#git

Cleaning up merged Git branches

A CIA-Inspired approach to keeping your repo tidy

Inspired by the CIA’s Vault7 developer notes, this post shows how to quickly identify and delete merged git branches, keeping your repo clean and organized.

March 04, 2026
#git
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Projects

My work

Word Clock Watch Face

Word Clock Watch Face

Done | Wear OS, Kotlin, Android
Taskline

Taskline

Done | Typescript
Talence

Talence

Discontinued | Typescript, Next.js
OPT3001

OPT3001

Done | Python, Embedded
Passline

Passline

Done | Golang
Qlock Table

Qlock Table

Done | C++, Embedded

nx.nvim

foil.nvim

exec.nvim

pickers.nvim

Neovim Plugins

lua
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Skills

Skills

Backend

Node.js Express/Nest.js Golang Python Rust Lua

CI/CD

Gitlab Runner Github Actions

Embedded

ESP8266 C

Frontend

Typescript Angular React HTMX

Infrastructure

Docker Kubernetes Azure Terraform Ansible

Mobile

Kotlin Wear OS Flutter

Experience

Jobs

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Mannheim

01.07.2025 - Now

Software Architect & Associate Manager | Accenture (via acquisition of Camelot ITLab GmbH)

LLM Architect
Financial Services (major German bank) 2025 (Ongoing)
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Design and implement enterprise-grade LLM solutions with secure, compliant, and scalable agent-based workflows for critical banking processes.
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Worked on the architecture of an internal multi-agent chatbot ecosystem leveraging Azure AI and other Azure cloud services, integrating multiple knowledge sources to enable efficient, controlled access to information.
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Build a robust RAG pipeline with vector embeddings, advanced chunking strategies for different file types and use cases, PII filtering, and other preprocessing techniques to deliver accurate, context-aware document insights and knowledge retrieval.
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Create prompts, guardrails, and secure integration patterns in collaboration with architecture, compliance, and business teams.
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Drive architectural decisions and shape best practices for responsible LLM adoption in a regulated financial environment.
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Provide Python training to client teams, supporting engineering capability building and best practices.
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Mannheim

01.01.2025 - 31.06.2025

Software Architect & Head of Competence Center User Interface Development | Camelot ITLab GmbH

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Leading of the end-to-end design and architecture of complex microservice-based systems, ensuring scalability, resilience, and high performance across distributed environments.
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Driving the internal AI innovation initiatives, including early adoption of AI Agents, MCP (Model-Context-Protocol), and RAG architectures.
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Shaping of technical strategy and definition of architectural standards to align technology decisions with long-term business goals.
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Disciplinary leadership of a senior-level team, including developers with their own direct reports, focusing on leadership development, strategic career planning, and salary negotiations.
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Development of highly automated CI/CD pipelines for deployment, testing, and scaling, resulting in improved delivery velocity and system reliability.
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Establishment of comprehensive observability practices (monitoring, logging, tracing) to ensure transparency, fault tolerance, and high availability.
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Design and delivery of cloud-native architectures using Docker and Kubernetes to support scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant applications.
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Mannheim

16.12.2021 - 31.12.2024

Senior Developer & Head of Competence Center User Interface Development | Camelot ITLab GmbH

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Design and architecture of complex single-page applications (SPAs) using Angular.
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Leading a team of 13 frontend developers with full disciplinary responsibility, including performance reviews, salary negotiations, and career development.
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Maintaining a high level of productivity by efficiently allocating tasks and ensuring proper communication within the team.
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Coordinating between multiple streams, including functional, UX and testing, to ensure seamless integration of features.
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Maintaining close alignment with the product owner and stakeholders, ensuring that development efforts were aligned with the product roadmap and goals.
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Mannheim

16.12.2019 - 15.12.2021

Consultant | Camelot ITLab GmbH

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Development of multiple web applications for customers in logistics and chemical sector.
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Proven ability to deliver high-quality, functional and visually appealing web applications, that meet the needs of the customers.
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Working effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including customers, vendors and internal teams, to deliver solutions that meet the needs of the business.
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Providing training and support to new employees and apprentices, helping them to quickly become productive and contributing members of the team.
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Mannheim

16.01.2019 - 15.12.2019

Associate Consultant | Camelot ITLab GmbH

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Planning of IT projects.
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Developments in the SAP ECC and SAP APO system.
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Analysis of functional and technical requirements.

Events

Hackathons & more

meetup Upcoming

Dev & Donuts

July 02, 2026 · Mannheim, Germany

Technology meetup series bringing together software professionals to exchange insights on modern development practices, software architecture, cloud engineering, and emerging technologies.

Organized by yasoon

workshop organizer Upcoming

AI Lab ● STR

June 25, 2026 · Mannheim, Germany

Organized by Accenture

hackathon Upcoming

Encode Vibe Coding Hackathon

June 19, 2026 – June 22, 2026 · London, England

AI-focused hackathon challenging teams to create applications using only AI tools and workflows, with a focus on innovation, usability, and rapid delivery.

Organized by Acme Corp

#ai
workshop organizer

AI Lab ● STR

May 21, 2026 · Stuttgart, Germany

In this session of the AI Lab, we worked on dealer sales optimization, bringing together cross-functional teams to design and build agentic prototypes that help dealers of any size run targeted, personalized sales campaigns automatically.

Organized by Accenture

workshop organizer

AI Lab ● STR

April 22, 2026 · Böblingen, Germany

In this session of the AI Lab, we worked on secure, local anomaly detection for automotive systems, using on-device AI to analyze diagnostic logs and surface unusual patterns without sending sensitive vehicle data to the cloud.

Organized by Accenture

workshop organizer

AI Lab ● STR

March 26, 2026 · Stuttgart, Germany

In this session of the AI Lab, we worked on automating dealer contract renewal processes, exploring how intelligent agents can streamline negotiations, enforce compliance boundaries, and reduce manual overhead across large dealer networks.

Organized by Accenture

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Contact

Let's talk

Have a question or a project in mind? Feel free to reach out.

Thomas Pöhlmann George-Washington-Straße 160 Germany, Mannheim