Alex Popov
Software Engineer at Facebook
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Popov is a software engineer with 11 years of experience who has evolved from iOS and compiler work to building immersive VR systems at Facebook in New York. He has a strong mobile background—leading iOS development and rapid-release feature cycles at companies like BitLit and Rakuten Kobo—and contributed to notable open-source projects such as the FolioReader ePub Swift framework. Comfortable across low-level compiler concerns and high-level product delivery, he blends pragmatic engineering with attention to platform compatibility and build tooling. Colleagues rely on him to ship reliable apps quickly while collaborating closely with design and QA. He holds a Computer Science degree from Simon Fraser University and brings a habit of fixing thorny integration and crash issues that others miss.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
New Westminster Secondary SchoolBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
Russian, French, English, German
Github Skills (5)
uiwebview10
swift10
ios10
carthage9
objective-c4
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
FolioReader/FolioReaderKit
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
📚 A Swift ePub reader and parser framework for iOS.
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 5 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the iOS ePub reader framework, focusing on core functionality and library integration. Their work included initializing the project, integrating Carthage for dependency management (AEXML), removing Carthage from checkin, and fixing a crash in UIWebView extension. The user's contributions centered on ensuring the project's compatibility, build process, and integration of third-party libraries. They also tested the build.
epub-readercustom-fontshighlightswiftios
alexpopov/Curse-of-Strahd-TTS
Jan 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:88 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
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