Ivan Falanga
European Head Of UI Practice at Adaptive
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIvan Falanga is a European Head of UI Practice based in London with 8 years of hands-on experience building high-performance front-end systems for finance and enterprise clients. He worked his way from frontend engineer to engineering manager and now leads UI strategy at Adaptive, bringing practical experience shipping real-time trading UIs such as contributions to the Reactive Trader Cloud. Ivan combines product-focused design sensibilities with engineering rigor—refactoring complex components, simulating dealer responses, and improving UX flows like RFQ and trades blotters to make latency-sensitive interfaces more usable. He holds a Computer Science degree from Queen Mary University of London and has experience across startups and large platforms, including Lab49 and eBay. Notably, he blends people leadership with active code contributions, keeping close to the UI codebase even as he scales teams and practices.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London
English, Italian
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Github Skills (14)
typescript10
typescripts10
rxjs10
typescript-types10
react10
fxml9
fxgl9
openfin9
javafx9
finance9
pwapp7
java-streams6
storybook6
java6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
AdaptiveConsulting/ReactiveTraderCloud
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Real-time FX trading showcase by Adaptive.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 45 reviews, 26 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ivan primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Reactive Trader Cloud application. Their work included adding user and avatar display to the OpenFin header, introducing a back delay for a currency pair, and refactoring the trades blotter. They also made enhancements such as simulating dealer responses and adding no RFQ screens. This indicates a focus on improving the user interface and overall user experience.
adaptiveexpresspwafinancereactjs
celikmus/ReactiveTraderCloud
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
real-timereactprinciplesfull-applicationtrading
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