Josef Brücklmayr holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Coburg University of Applied Sciences and a Master's in Applied Computer Science from the University of Bamberg. His Master's thesis is concerned with the analysis of neural models for semantic text similarity. Alongside his academic pursuits, Josef enhanced his skills and gained real-world experience in software engineering through a four-year tenure as a student trainee.

Since August 2023, Josef has been a member of the FZI as a research scientist. In this role, he contributes to the projects SofDCar and ANYMOS.