§ about · the researcher

Patrik P. Süli

phd candidatesoftware architectai engineerassistant lecturerfounder · kengutech
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Oil-painted portrait of Patrik P. Süli on a windswept beach
FIG. A1oil on canvas, c. 2026; gazing wistfully at a deadline somewhere offshore
§01/ profile

A researcher who still ships.

A decade of professional software engineering, primarily on the JVM: Spring Boot, Quarkus, modern Java, and microservice systems sized for millions of requests. Today that experience funds and informs the second career, a PhD on applied LLMs at Obuda University's Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics.

My research sits at the intersection of large language models and applied science: agentic systems for research workflows, LLM-as-judge auditing, and neuro-symbolic approaches. Selected publications and working papers are listed under Research.

I also teach at Obuda University's John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics and run KenguTech, a small studio for production engagements where seniority actually matters. The two careers do not compete; they sharpen each other.

§02/ experience

Worked at.

  1. Sep 2026 – Present
    HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research (ATK)Software Architect · AI Engineer

    Architecting research informatics for plant breeding and crop science at the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Centre in Martonvásár: modernising the scientific software and data infrastructure and embedding LLM and machine learning capabilities into the research workflow.

  2. Dec 2022 – Present
    KenguTechSoftware Architect · Founder

    Founded the studio and lead time-and-materials engagements end-to-end: architecture, hands-on delivery, and operational ownership. Specialised in enterprise-grade Java microservice systems sized for millions of requests, alongside applied LLM solutions.

  3. Aug 2024 – Present
    Obuda University · John von Neumann Faculty of InformaticsAssistant Lecturer & Researcher

    Teach and supervise at the Biomatics and Applied AI Institute alongside an active research agenda. Focus areas: applied large language models, agentic systems for scientific workflow, and LLM evaluation methodology.

  4. Jan 2018 – Nov 2022
    FreelanceSoftware Developer · Consultant

    Nearly five years of independent and contract delivery across Java (Spring Boot, Quarkus), TypeScript (NestJS, Angular), with occasional C# work. Across the engagements I shipped microservice backends, full-stack products, and the CI/CD pipelines and environments around them, often serving as the de-facto DevOps engineer too.

  5. Jul 2016 – Jun 2019
    NETI IT Consulting Ltd.
    • Software DeveloperMar 2017 – Jun 2019

      Delivered cross-platform C++ desktop applications on the Qt framework, then moved into full-stack development on the company's flagship product line with JavaFX and Spring Boot.

    • Trainee DeveloperJul 2016 – Mar 2017

      First professional role. Contributed production features to a graph-designer application in C++ with the Qt framework as part of the platform team.

§03/ education

Studied at.

Ph.D.Applied InformaticsObuda University · Doctoral School of Applied Informatics & Applied Mathematics2024 – 2028
M.Sc.Computer ScienceEötvös Loránd University2022 – 2024
B.Sc.Computer Science EngineeringJohn von Neumann University2013 – 2017
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