Ivan Bilan is an engineering manager based in Munich with a decade of experience building and scaling secure, data-driven platforms across IAM, data engineering, MLOps and NLP. Currently leading the IAM-focused Product Platform at Personio, he oversees high-throughput microservices (5k+ RPS) and has grown teams from a single squad into a multi-team tribe. Previously he led NLP, data science and infrastructure teams at TrustYou, shipping multilingual NLP pipelines and robust ETL/ML platforms. He combines hands-on technical depth in Python and distributed systems with people-first leadership—mentoring engineers while shaping platform-level ownership and reliability. Ivan’s background in computational linguistics and technology management gives him a rare mix of linguistic insight and product-oriented systems thinking. He often operates at the intersection of security and AI, turning research-grade NLP into production-ready services.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Honours Degree, Technology Management, Honours Degree, Technology Management at Center for Digital Technology and Management
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) + Specialized Diploma, English and German Studies, Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) + Specialized Diploma, English and German Studies, Linguistics at Drohobych State Pedagogical University
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