# Ivan Kapelyukh

> Making robots smarter

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/ivankapelyukh

I am a roboticist interested in autonomous robot learning methods which require minimal human effort. Excited to be working in this field!

## Work Experience
### Robotics Research Engineer @ Google DeepMind
Jan 2025 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom
Working as a Research Engineer on the robotics team in London.

### Research Scientist Intern @ RAI Institute
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Interned with the Foundation Models team, working on robot learning.

### Software Engineer Placement Intern @ Citadel
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | London, England, United Kingdom
Worked with Python, contributing to reliable and scalable cloud computing infrastructure.

### Software Engineer Intern @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom
Developed data platforms for the Cybersecurity division, working in global teams.
Experience with React, Python, Java, CI/CD, cloud deployment, full-stack Agile engineering.

### Hack-A-Project Software Engineering Mentee @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom
Built 'unilyfe': a prototype social network for university students to discover societies. Mentored in software engineering, Agile practices and React development.
Won 1st Prize in Facebook 2019 London hackathon: efficiently solved algorithm challenges in a team and engineered creative solutions to system design problems.

### Web Security Software Developer @ Netcraft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bath, United Kingdom
Developed software informed by analysis of billions of websites in order to detect and disrupt malicious web activity. Full-stack development of high-volume systems using JavaScript, SQL, Docker.

### Spring Intern - Technology @ JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | London, United Kingdom
Spring into Technology Programme. Included a Robocode challenge.

### Educational Cryptography Volunteer Developer @ University of Dundee
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Dundee, United Kingdom
Worked with researchers at University of Dundee to design web app which could be used to help teach 3rd Year Computing students about concepts in elliptic curve and RSA cryptography.

Used Angular JavaScript and MVW design paradigms to streamline efficiency, providing a smooth, interactive, accessible user experience for exploring visual models of modern cryptosystems.

### Lead Developer @ TbS - Revisionaire
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Dundee, United Kingdom
Led a student team in developing the education app Revisionaire in Swift for iOS, featuring custom flashcards, question classification, automated quizzing, integrated revision documents, etc.

Gained experience in full stack development, teamwork and leadership, iOS technologies, UI design, and modern skills in app development using object-oriented software engineering.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Robot Learning & Computer Vision
Imperial College London

### MEng in Computing
Imperial College London

### High School of Dundee


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ivan-kapelyukh

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Last updated: 2026-03-30