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Samuel Kopp

@samuelkopp

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AI engineer and technical lead building production agents, copilots, ML systems, and cloud platforms end to end.

Germany

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for remote senior, staff or lead roles where I can own agentic AI, LLM applications, computer vision, applied ML or AI platforms from architecture through production. I'm open to long-term contracts, fractional leadership and product-focused engineering work across European, Eastern US and APAC time zones.

AI engineer and technical lead with 8+ years of experience taking AI products from research and prototype through deployment and operation. I originated and led a cross-platform AI copilot for 3D design at Chaos, built generative imaging and computer-vision systems, and delivered data and ML platforms for Standard Bank and more than 30 consulting clients.

My recent work focuses on agentic systems: tool use, orchestration, RAG and multimodal retrieval, context and memory, evaluation, observability, and secure cloud integration. I also bring a strong foundation in computer vision, applied ML, data engineering, MLOps, and backend architecture.

I work directly with product and engineering teams, own systems end to end, and turn ambiguous requirements into reliable software. I am open to remote senior, staff, lead, and consulting work across European, Eastern US, and APAC time zones.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder & Agentic AI Engineer

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Agentakt LLC

Aug 2026 - Present (2 months)

Founded an independent engineering practice for custom AI systems, production implementation, and fractional technical leadership. Served as fractional CTO and technical lead for Scalutions, and designed and built OutboundLoop, an agentic SDR operating system.

Agentic AI LLM Systems Tool Use Orchestration Context Engineering Evaluation Telemetry Reliability Cost Control Production Operations

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Chaos

Sep 2023 - Jul 2026 (2 years 10 months)

Originated the Chaos AI Assistant and became its first technical lead, designing the agent runtime, skills and tools, retrieval, evaluation, reliability, and scalable cloud backend for Enscape and Envision. Led R&D and product development for QuickShot, neural rendering, generative imaging, and AI-assisted 3D workflows.

AI Agency Owner & Lead Engineer

Neurision Labs

May 2019 - Aug 2023 (4 years 3 months)

Founded and led an AI engineering agency delivering production ML, data, and software systems for more than 30 client projects. Owned discovery, architecture, implementation, cloud deployment, and client delivery across banking, telecom, security, energy, legal, and SaaS.

Machine Learning Engineer, Data Products

Standard Bank Group

Nov 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Built and led data and machine-learning products for one of Africa's largest financial groups, including demand forecasting, credit-risk modelling, geospatial intelligence, computer vision, automated analytics, and AWS-based data pipelines. Worked directly with business and engineering teams from concept through delivery.

Machine Learning Researcher

Maastricht University

Sep 2018 - Aug 2019 (11 months)

Conducted applied research in reinforcement learning and robotics through Maastricht University's Research-Based Learning programme. Developed experimental systems for quadrupedal locomotion and contributed to research prototypes, evaluation, and technical documentation.

Data Scientist

Maastricht University

Oct 2018 - Jun 2019 (8 months)

Developed renewable-energy forecasting models and data pipelines at the Maastricht University Institute of Data Science. Worked on time-series modelling, evaluation, and applied analytics for real-world energy data.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Maastricht University

Bachelor of Science, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

2017 - 2020

Activities and societies: Excellence Programme and Research Track

Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with an Honours program, including the Excellence Programme and Research Track.