Daniel Kofler

My CV

Work

Data Scientist, Anexia Internetdienstleistungs GmbH

03/2025 - Present

Working on enterprise data engineering and data analysis projects involving the design, development and deployment of in-house databases, transformation pipelines and BI applications. Data Science Infrastructure-Lead.

Technologies: Linux, Python, SQL, Docker, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD
Research Associate, Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH

09/2023 - 03/2025

Developed Large Language Model (LLM) applications and built an on-premise Kubernetes-environment for machine learning.

Technologies: Linux, Python, Docker, Kubernetes
Innovation Assistant, Leeb Balkone GmbH

01/2015 - 09/2023

Started as a CAD engineer, later worked in product development, finally transitioned to working on digitalization projects, led a small team of software developers, managed multiple software related developments, oversaw master data management.

Technologies: Python, C#, SQL, SolidWorks

Education

MSc, Applied Data Science, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

09/2023 - 06/2025

Master thesis on the mathematical foundations of training large language models.
BSc, Network- and Communication Engineering, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

09/2020 - 06/2023

Bachelor thesis on optimizing glass fiber networks using a k-medoids-clustering approach.

Certificates

CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation: Cisco Networking Academy, 2023
CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials: Cisco Networking Academy, 2022
CCNA: Introduction to Networks: Cisco Networking Academy, 2022
Software Development in C#: WIFI Kärnten, 2020

Skills

Programming Languages: Python, C#, SQL
Technologies: Linux, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
Languages: German (native), English (fluent)