Summary
Kieran Geoghegan is a multifaceted software engineer at IBM Hybrid Cloud with over 15 years of experience designing and building enterprise applications, and eight years recorded in his current engineering trajectory. He blends hands-on development across multiple languages and cloud-native platforms—particularly Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift—with practiced leadership in agile delivery. Unusually for an engineer, Kieran pairs deep technical skills with strong user experience design and research practice, running workshops, interviews and usability testing across organizations from single-person teams to global telcos and banks. His background spans roles from web development and cloud integration to UX researcher and software engineer, enabling him to translate complex user needs into pragmatic, production-ready solutions. Educated in Computer Science and VLSI at the University of Limerick, he brings both systems-level rigor and human-centered design thinking to cloud platform challenges.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at University of Limerick