Summary
Ivan Lebedev is a versatile software engineer with eight years of experience building high-impact mobile, desktop, and backend systems, currently developing generative AI features for Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp at Meta. He has a strong iOS pedigree—leading video and audio platform work at VK and shipping multiple popular App Store apps with over 100K users and notable revenue. Ivan combines systems-level C/C++ and Python expertise with deep Swift/Objective-C experience, enabling him to optimize latency-sensitive streaming features and design elegant product-facing clients. His background includes search improvements at LinkedIn, low-latency video work at Yandex, and end-to-end app development for universities and enterprise customers, showing both product and infrastructure breadth. Known for creative problem-solving, he often turns complex technical challenges into measurable user and performance gains. Based in San Jose, he stays current with emerging tech and balances large-scale team projects with solo product development.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Applied Mathematics and Information Science, Bachelor's degree Applied Mathematics and Information Science at Higher School of Economics
English, Russian