ABOUT

Software engineer with 10 years of experience building scalable microservices and high-performance applications, now focused on AI and agentic engineering. Co-founder and Managing Director of Manfred Kunze Development GmbH, building the AI integration platform 2kw.ai and the AI-native IoT platform 2kw.io, and consultant for AI-native development at veith.dev. Deep expertise in Java, TypeScript and cloud-native architecture on Azure and Kubernetes, combined with hands-on work on LLM gateways, RAG, evaluation pipelines and agent-driven development workflows. Passionate about clean architecture and DevOps practices that deliver impactful results.

LANGUAGES

  • JavaExpert
  • TypeScriptExpert
  • JavaScriptExpert
  • SQLAdvanced
  • PythonAdvanced

AI & AGENTIC

  • LLM IntegrationExpert
  • Agentic WorkflowsExpert
  • RAGAdvanced
  • MCPAdvanced
  • Evals & TracingAdvanced

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

  • DockerExpert
  • GitLabExpert
  • KubernetesAdvanced
  • AzureAdvanced
  • JenkinsAdvanced

FRAMEWORKS

  • Spring BootExpert
  • Ext JSExpert
  • Next.jsAdvanced
  • ReactAdvanced
  • IonicAdvanced

EXPERIENCE

01/2026 - today

Co-founder & Managing Director

Manfred Kunze Development GmbH/ 01/2026 - today

Co-founded and lead the company building 2kw.ai, an AI integration platform providing document extraction, an OpenAI-compatible multi-provider gateway, prompt and schema versioning, evaluations and spend observability with EU data residency. Also building 2kw.io, an AI-native IoT platform: ask your devices in natural language through CLI and MCP, with computer vision turning camera and sensor data into answers. Responsible for technical direction, architecture and product delivery.

TypeScriptNext.jsJavaPythonKubernetesMCPComputer VisionOpenAI
01/2026 - today(part time)

Agentic Engineering Consultant

veith.dev/ 01/2026 - today

Independent consultancy for AI-native software development. Build custom applications and integrations with agent-driven workflows, harden AI-generated prototypes into production systems, and enable engineering teams to adopt agentic workflows with deterministic review gates and senior oversight.

Claude CodeMCPTypeScriptPythonCI/CD
2023 - 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Drees & Sommer SE/ 2023 - 2025

Technical lead of a scrum-based team delivering scalable web applications and microservices using Java (Spring Boot) and Next.js. Designed and implemented cloud solutions with Azure and leveraging Azure OpenAI APIs for RAG applications.

JavaSpring BootReactNext.jsAzureOpenAI
2020 - 2022

Software Engineer

Drees & Sommer SE/ 2020 - 2022

Developed and maintained backend services and frontend interfaces using Java, Docker, and Ext JS. Collaborated on robust architecture for enterprise applications. Ensured delivery of scalable systems with optimized performance.

JavaDockerExt JS
2018 - 2019

Junior Software Engineer

Drees & Sommer AG/ 2018 - 2019

Developed features and fixed bugs for applications built with Java and JavaScript. Contributed to the design of user-friendly interfaces and functional solutions.

JavaJavaScript
2016 - 2018(part time)

Working Student

Drees & Sommer AG/ 2016 - 2018

Gained hands-on experience in IT system administration. Focused on solutions built with SharePoint to support enterprise infrastructure.

SharePoint

EDUCATION

09/2014 - 2018

Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc. Information Logistics)

Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart/ 09/2014 - 2018

Courses: Software Engineering and IT-Security Thesis: Developed an alert system to streamline communication during outages to reduce Information flooding.

LANGUAGES

  • Germannative
  • EnglishC1

HOBBIES

Enthusiast in remote-controlled activities: FPV drones and discuss launch gliders. Passionate about skiing and road biking.

NON PROFIT

Football trainer for multiple years. Volunteered for a social year in 2013/14