Stoyan Nikolov
Principal Software Engineer at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolStoyan Nikolov is a Principal Software Engineer based in Munich with 13 years of experience building developer tools, applied ML, and game-engine technology. Now leading AI for software engineering at Google, he has driven internal developer AI platforms, long-running agents, and ML-powered IDE features that scale across the company. Previously a co-founder and chief software architect at Coherent Labs, he engineered middleware used in multiple AAA titles and retains deep C++ and graphics systems expertise. His background in applied mathematics and computer graphics informs a pragmatic approach to complex systems and performance-sensitive design. Colleagues describe him as a technical leader who blends hands-on engineering with product-scale architecture and a knack for translating research-grade ML into practical developer workflows.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Applied Mathematics at Technical University of SofiaMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Graphics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Graphics at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Bulgarian, English, Italian, German
Github Skills (22)
visual-studio-code10
electron10
microsoft10
typescript10
editor10
simulator9
voxel9
cpp9
profiling8
instrumentation8
linux8
windows7
thread6
w3c6
wgsl6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
stoyannk/vscode
Jun 2020 - Jan 2022
Visual Studio Code
Contributions:17 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
visual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensiontypescriptvisual-studio
stoyannk/voxels
Feb 2014 - Jul 2016
Voxels Library - C++ library for voxel manipulation and polygonization
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes, 2 comments in 2 years 5 months
cppvoxel
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