Arnaud Saint‑Pierre
Aspiring Software Engineer & Innovation Architect
I build the teams and tech that solve the right problems in the right way.
My approach combines first-principles thinking with cross-disciplinary leadership to turn ambitious ideas into market-defining products.
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Experience at NVIDIA
Architecting beyond the code to solve core performance bottlenecks in graphics drivers.

Experience at Microsoft
Building trust from first principles with a FIPS-compliant cryptographic library in Rust.

First Principles
My approach to innovation, from a high school soda business to optimizing GPU drivers. Click to read the story.
Cross-Disciplinary Leadership
I build teams of diverse thinkers to find solutions that mono-culture teams can't conceive. Click here.
Mastering a Craft
From Italian pasta to Japanese ramen, the discipline of mastering a craft—in the kitchen or the kernel—is the same. Click here.
Discipline & Drive
The focus built through years of disciplined physical training directly translates to my work: pushing through hard problems when others stop.
Let's Build Something New
I'm always ready for the next big challenge.
Professional Chronology
Experience
Software Engineer Intern, Microsoft
Engineered a FIPS-compliant Rust crypto library and optimized C in Windows Cloud Infrastructure, cutting handshake latency by 10%.
Software Engineer Intern, NVIDIA
Revamped Vulkan/OpenGL Linux tests, cutting firmware test time by 12%. Built a C++/Python FPS profiler to speed up regression identification by 25%.
Software Engineer Intern, IntualAI
Built scalable Stripe payment microservices, lowering checkout latency by 32%. Optimized Docker CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment efficiency by 6%.
Project Lead, Tech4Good Lab
Led a team delivering data insights for Santa Cruz County. Gained hands-on experience with Angular, React, and responsive front-end design.
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Minor in Computer Science