Learning | Tobias Winkler

A snapshot of my skills, achievements, and current areas of growth.

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BJBrent JohnsonArguable Insights

“This is the kind of quiet wisdom that actually sticks. Grateful for how grounded and real this is.”

SShellieFile Under Maybe

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Balancing Work, Study & Life

Full-time tech lead role
Computer Science studies
Writing Output Theory every week
Running a small SaaS agency on the side
Regular strength training & health habits
Daily Japanese study
Consistent reading and language learning
Regular travel & exploration
Piano practice
Time for friends, family & downtime

Engineering & Technical Leadership

Tech Lead at Raiffeisen Information Service, working on large scale banking systems in the financial sector.
Technical leadLeading a major new lending workflow initiative, covering technical architecture, implementation, cross team coordination and technical decision making across developers, business analysts and external engineering partners.
Platform ownershipMain technical responsible for the loan offers and simulations platform inside our banking software, from technical analysis and design through to implementation and integration.
AI engineeringDriving AI assisted software engineering: internal tooling, workflows, skills and guardrails for AI coding agents, plus the training and documentation that get developers actually using them.
MentoringMentoring and onboarding developers and interns, and taking ownership of larger technical areas as the role grew from writing software to shaping how it gets built.
Turning complex banking requirements into systems that scale.

Biohacking & Fitness

Bench Press

130kg (287 lbs)

Squat

160kg (353 lbs)

Weighted Pull-up

60kg (132 lbs)

TrackingSleep & fitness with Oura, Eight Sleep & Whoop
Biological age of 18 based on tracked biomarkers
Focused on optimizing body composition, sleep, nutrition and ideal bio-markers.

Knowledge & Reading

Read 90+ books in the last 5 years.
Expertise in learning theory & tools (active recall / spaced repetition).
Built personalized self-learning systems to master new subjects quickly.
CS degree with a 29/30 mark average through self-study.

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Languages

GermanNative
EnglishFluent
ItalianB2 Level
JapaneseAround N3 level, 1 hr+ a day. Check out my journey

Personal Finance

Built a substantial financial cushion before age 23 through disciplined saving and investing.
Pursuing FIRE (Financial Independence) through thoughtful wealth building.
Investing for over 6 years, obsessed with building a solid foundation for the future.

Travel

I've explored more than 30 countries so far.
Planning at least 10 new destinations every year to keep the adventure alive.

Music

Piano & Trumpet player (JMLA Gold).
Formerly played in Jazz Big Band, Musical Orchestra, and Marching Band.
I also mess around on the guitar.

What I'm Learning & Exploring