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Iván Barrasa

Senior Backend Engineer · Tech Lead

6+ years building production products with TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Java and PostgreSQL. APIs, microservices, async pipelines and AWS infrastructure. I work with AI every day: Claude Code, agents and MCP.

Iván Barrasa
Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2026

01experience

roompass / Tech Lead

2026 — now
  • ›Backend architecture with NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker and AWS.
  • ›Leading a team of 6 engineers: web, mobile app, back office and API shipped in under 8 weeks.
  • ›Payments with Stripe Connect, OAuth authentication and observability with Grafana and Prometheus.
  • ›Also shipping to production on web and mobile with Next.js and React Native.

Brooklyn Fitboxing / Backend Software Engineer

2024 — 2026
  • ›Node.js services and GraphQL APIs on PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis for 270+ studios.
  • ›Async pipelines with RabbitMQ and BullMQ for background jobs.
  • ›Odoo ERP integration and Verifactu compliance.
  • ›Observability stack and AWS integrations.

PlayPicross / Full Stack Engineer

2024 — 2025
  • ›Web, mobile and backend end to end, from data model to deployment.

PiratasDev / Full Stack Engineer

2022 — 2024
  • ›Tech, media and ecommerce products with PHP, Node.js and WordPress.
  • ›Platforms and internal systems deployed on VPS servers.

Nexbi / Full Stack Engineer

2020 — 2022
  • ›Gaming social network built from scratch with PHP, MySQL and HTML, backend to frontend.

02stack

languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaGoPHPSQL
backend
Node.jsNestJSGraphQLRESTMicroservicesPrismaOAuthStripe Connect
data & queues
PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLRedisRabbitMQBullMQ
cloud & obs
AWSDockerGrafanaLokiPrometheus
ai
LLMsAI AgentsMCPClaude Code
front & mobile
Next.jsReact NativeFlutter

03education

Algorithms Specialization

Stanford University (online)

2025 — 2026

Higher Technician in Multiplatform App Development & Telecommunications

IES El Cañaveral

2020 — 2025

languages

🇪🇸Spanish

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🇬🇧English

C1 · Advanced

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04press

El Confidencialinterview

Iván Barrasa, the young Spaniard expelled from three schools who is now on the Forbes list

may 2026
El Españolarticle

“I was coding at 13 and at 17 I founded an app with 500,000 users”

jun 2026
Forbes Españaarticle

These are the Spaniards on the 30 Under 30 Europe 2026 list

apr 2026
Telecinco▶ tv

Barrasa's young entrepreneurship: from building a social network at 17 to launching his own platform

apr 2026

05network

Founders I've had the chance to meet: dinners, events and conversations that changed the way I think about product, teams and startups.

Adam Cheyer

Adam Cheyer

Siri founder

Jamie King

Jamie King

Rockstar Games founder

Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph

Netflix founder

Ronald G. Wayne

Ronald G. Wayne

Apple founder

Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia founder

Paul English

Paul English

Kayak founder

Dinesh Moorjani

Dinesh Moorjani

Tinder founder