Curriculum Vitae

Tobias Nolz

Photographer & Developer

Education, work experience and projects at a glance.

AI engineer and MSc student at JKU Linz, specialising in deep learning with a growing research focus on bioinformatics and ML-driven drug discovery. Hands-on experience translating research into practical implementations, most recently extending graph neural network architectures for allosteric binding site prediction. Beyond research, co-founded the JKU Racing Formula Student team from scratch and led its IT department, overseeing infrastructure, setting technical direction, and coordinating the department to deliver internal tooling and systems across the organisation.

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Work experience

  1. Nolz Photography

    • Photographer and Developer (self-employed)

      Nov 2022 - Present ~4 years

      Freelance photographer specialising in event photography. Development of modern websites for clients.

      • Manage the full client lifecycle: acquisition, shooting, post-production and delivery.
      • Run all business operations independently, including planning, client communication and invoicing.

  2. JKU Racing Team

    • IT Department Lead

      May 2025 - Sep 2026 ~1.5 years

      JKU Racing is the Formula Student team of Johannes Kepler University Linz. As IT Department Lead I manage the IT infrastructure (servers, networks, tools) and coordinate the IT team.

      • Own all IT infrastructure (servers, networking, CI/CD and internal tooling) for the whole association with 80+ members.
      • Define the technology roadmap and coordinate with department leads on infrastructure priorities.

    • Co-Founder & Vice Team Principal

      May 2025 - Mar 2026 11 months

      JKU Racing is the Formula Student team of Johannes Kepler University Linz. As Vice Team Principal I supported the organisation and coordination of the entire team.

      • Co-founded the Formula Student racing team from scratch; defined operating structure, governance and inter-department workflows.
      • Contributed to strategic planning and cross-functional coordination throughout the founding phase.

  3. Klimabündnis Niederösterreich

    • Voluntary Environmental Year

      Sep 2022 - Jun 2023 10 months

      Collaboration on various projects. Photography at events and for press releases. Maintenance of IT systems.

      • Contributed to communication and outreach projects on climate and sustainability.
      • Supported press and event work with photography and technical assistance.

  4. Braintrust Marketing Services GmbH

    • Internship: Web Development

      Aug 2020 1 month

      Support in the development of websites. Migration of various projects to Docker-based development environments.

  5. Niederösterreichische Versicherung AG

    • Internship: Back-office employee in the brokerage business

      Aug 2018 1 month

      Input of insurance contracts into the company's system. Support of the brokerage team in administrative tasks.

Education

  1. MLBT, Master's Degree in Legal and Business Aspects in Technics

    Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

    2026 - Present

    Interdisciplinary focus on the law and technology intersection. Courses commenced; enrolment pending bachelor thesis submission.

  2. MSc, Artificial Intelligence

    Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

    2026 - Present

    Elective track Life Sciences. Deep learning for life sciences; research interest in bioinformatics and drug discovery.

  3. BSc, Artificial Intelligence

    Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

    2023 - 2026

    Core foundation in machine learning, algorithms, mathematics and software engineering. Bachelor thesis listed under research.

  4. School Leaving Diploma (Matura), Informatics

    HTBLuVA St. Pölten

    2017 - 2022

    Graduated with distinction, final grade 1.0. Focus on business administration and management; diploma thesis on modern web applications.

Research

Skills

Frontend

  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • HTML & CSS

Backend

  • Java Spring Boot
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL

Tools

  • Git
  • Docker
  • Ubuntu/Linux

AI

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • numpy
  • Deep Learning

Photography

  • Events
  • Weddings
  • Portraits

Languages

  • German
  • English

Certificates

Projects

  • Fliegerclub St. Pölten

    Modern landing page for the Fliegerclub St. Pölten, built with Angular.

    • Angular
    • Tailwind CSS
    • TypeScript

  • JKU Racing Team

    As former IT team lead of the JKU Racing Team I was responsible for building the official website of the Formula Student team.

    • Angular
    • Tailwind CSS
    • TypeScript

  • lu-hintermeier

    Modern landing page for an agricultural contracting company, built with Angular.

    • Angular
    • Sass
    • TypeScript

  • cyber-jr

    Landing page for a cybersecurity education platform.

    • Angular
    • Bootstrap
    • TypeScript