Svet Ganov
Principal Software Engineer - Horizon OS at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolSvet Ganov is a Principal Software Engineer with 17 years of deep systems and platform experience, currently leading the architecture and platformization of Meta’s HorizonOS for immersive devices. He has a long track record on Android—shaping app model, privacy, accessibility, and core framework components at Google—and has moved those skills to deliver spatial capabilities, volumetric windowing, and high-performance rendering and input systems for XR. Known for combining hands-on contributions (from native C++ fixes to accessibility services and Contacts app improvements) with organization-level influence, he builds modular, scalable OS platforms that accelerate product velocity. Based in San Francisco and holding advanced software engineering degrees from UT Austin, he mentors large cross-functional teams and authors foundational architecture guidance that bridges research, hardware, and product.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Software Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
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Github Skills (15)
accessibility10
javas10
android-design10
android-ui10
debug10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
android10
android-development10
android-framework10
android-gui10
java10
exception-handling9
unit-testing8
talkback6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_development
Aug 2010 - Sep 2020
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:136 commits in 10 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Svet contributed a sample accessibility service for the Android platform. This service provided custom feedback for the Clock application, demonstrating various features of the Android accessibility APIs. The code changes included implementing a custom {@link AccessibilityService}, demonstrating application-specific UI enhancements to the provided feedback.
CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_native
May 2009 - Feb 2016
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:367 commits in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Svet's commits focused on merging bug fixes related to accessibility testing and exception handling within the native Android framework's input handling and key character mapping components. These changes involved modifications to C++ code files, specifically InputDispatcher.cpp, KeyCharacterMap.cpp and ZipFileRO.cpp. The user also contributed to updating various accessibility-related implementations, including UI tests.
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