Summary
Ivan Sivak is a Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building high-performance mobile products and consumer-scale AI features, currently working on AI at Meta. He led development of a recipe app with over 1 million installs and 300k MAU, bringing expertise in Android architectures (MVVM, MVI), Jetpack, build-system optimization and modularization that halved build times. Previously he scaled sports-focused mobile experiences to 100k DAU, introduced CI and code-review practices, and optimized memory-heavy screens for reliability. His background in applied nuclear physics and additional computer science training gives him a rigorous, data-driven approach to engineering and a knack for turning complex problems into practical, production-ready solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Additional Education, Computer Science and Information Technology, Additional Education, Computer Science and Information Technology at Saint Petersburg Academic University
Master of Science (MS), Applied Nuclear Physics, Master of Science (MS), Applied Nuclear Physics at National Research Nuclear University (former Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
Russian, English, Romanian