Ivan Bilan
Engineering Manager at Personio
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolIvan 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.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichHonours Degree, Technology Management, Honours Degree, Technology Management at Center for Digital Technology and ManagementBachelor 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
Ukrainian, English, German, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (140)
amazon-ecs10
python10
arabic-nlp10
entity-linking10
self-attention10
gpu10
deep-learning10
relation10
fairness-ml10
cython10
neural10
corenlp10
nlp10
agile10
artificial-intelligence10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ivan-bilan/The-Engineering-Manager-Pandect
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
A comprehensive reference for all topics related to becoming a great Engineering Manager
Contributions:1 review, 58 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 4 months
engineering-teamagileengineering-managementengineeringgreat
ivan-bilan/NLP-and-Data-Science-Spotlights
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:43 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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