Ivaan Nagen
About Ivaan Nagen
Ivaan Nagen is a Senior Software Engineer at Starling Bank in London, England, where he has worked since 2023. He has a background in cloud orchestration, extensive knowledge of AWS and Google Cloud Platform, and experience in developing REST APIs.
Work at Starling Bank
Ivaan Nagen has been employed at Starling Bank as a Senior Software Engineer since 2023. In this role, he operates from London, England, and focuses on various software engineering tasks. His responsibilities include working with Java 17, Docker, and Kubernetes, as well as implementing REST APIs using OpenAPI Specification (OAS). He is involved in cloud orchestration and utilizes infrastructure as code to enhance the bank's software solutions.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Starling Bank, Ivaan Nagen worked at several organizations in software engineering roles. He was a Software Engineer SDE II at Concirrus from 2020 to 2021. Following that, he spent two years at Yapily from 2021 to 2023. His earlier experience includes a position at LANDBAY, where he worked as a Software Engineer from 2018 to 2020. Throughout these roles, he developed skills in synchronous and asynchronous development, containerization, and server-side scripting.
Education and Expertise
Ivaan Nagen holds a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from the University of Kent, which he completed from 2017 to 2018. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music Production from the University of Brighton between 2011 and 2014. His educational background supports his expertise in software development, particularly in cloud technologies such as AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Technical Skills and Interests
Ivaan Nagen possesses extensive technical skills in cloud orchestration, infrastructure as code, and containerization. He is proficient in tools such as Gradle, TeamCity, and GitHub for software development and deployment. His interests include building audio plug-ins using DSP techniques and exploring back-propagated Neural Networks and declarative programming with Prolog. He is also self-taught in C++.