Julian von der Goltz
ML systems architect specializing in end-to-end machine learning and deep learning solution development. I build reliable, production-grade systems from concept to deployment with a focus on computer vision and LLM applications. With my formal background in systems engineering and practical experience in AI implementation, I provide a pragmatic, can-do perspective to my teams.
Interested in adding my expertise to your projects? Contact me at [email protected]!Interests and Specializations
I help companies put AI and automation to practical use. Think searchable knowledge bases with a chat interface, or automating the data entry nobody wants to do. The goal is always the same: less busywork, more time for the work that actually matters.
Skills
Here’s a brief overview of the technical areas I specialize in:
Computer Vision
Data & AI
Software Engineering
Platforms & Delivery
Professional Experience
KickstartAI
Machine Learning Engineer · 2025 - present
- Consultancy role in a non-profit helping community efforts and industry partners adopt AI.
- Projects: retrieval-augmented chatbot (ING); multi-task segmentation and dimension estimation tool for wound-reporting (LUMC).
VDG Engineering & Technology
Self-employed (ZZP) · 2022 - 2025
- LLM fine-tuning: Mistral-7B on historical Dutch literature (DBNL).
- RAG search for space standards.
- News clustering with LLM summarization.
- LLM-based web-crawl agent for personalized search.
Mainblades Inspections
Lead Engineer, Vision & AI · 2018 - 2025
- Led development and business implementation of AI solutions; acted as multi-disciplinary system architect reducing aircraft inspection time from eight hours to 20 minutes.
- Built partnerships with Delta Air Lines, Blue Origin, Lufthansa, and KLM.
- Highlights: PyTorch damage-detection models; in-house ML stack (Airflow, Docker, Seldon Core); backend contributions (NodeJS/ExpressJS); scalable architecture on GCP/Kubernetes.
Education
Delft University of Technology
MSc. Systems and Control (cum laude) · 2016 - 2019
Thesis: “Classification of Damages on Aircraft Inspection Images Using CNNs”.
Delft University of Technology
BSc. Aerospace Engineering (cum laude) · 2012 - 2016
Hugging Face