Arnaud Renevier
arno@renevier.net
Sunnyvale, CA
github: arenevier
Committer WebKit, committer Mozilla, multiple patches in Chromium
Programming languages: C++, Javascript/Typescript, Python, Go, Shell, Java, Php, SQL, C, OpenGL, …
Front end development: CSS, HTML, WASM, …
Misc: Linux System Administration, Linux Desktop, Android
2023 – now
Software Engineer, switchboard - now airtop
I designed and developed a cloud web browser.
Implemented a port of Chromium Ozone for remote windowing system, ensuring a maintainable architecture despite the complexity and rapid evolution of Chromium’s codebase
Identify key user needs, and proposed, designed and implemented APIs for remote use of the browser
Led security initiatives, specializing in sandbox implementation for enhanced application isolation and threat mitigation
Identified performance bottlenecks affecting navigation experience, designed and implemented an efficient solution for user data storage
Designed and implemented an innovative solution to forward client certificate validation over the network
2019 – 2023
Software Engineer, meta/facebook
Delivered performance improvements in multiple aspects of facebook.com. Some of those improvements required implementing new web platform features in Chrome
Maintainer of the video player used on all meta websites
Lead an effort to identify, diagnose, triage, and solve bugs, resulting in a 40% reduction of bug reports for the team
2016 – 2019
Software Engineer, magicleap
Designed the architecture of the Web Browser UI application
Integrated chrome with custom Operating system
Developed new web APIs for VR
Wrote multiple features of that application
2012 – 2016
Software Engineer, Samsung Research America
Implemented a port of chromium for tizen platform. 20 persons team in 4 locations
Developed a high performance particle engine in Javascript
Developed Android applications using augmented reality technology
Open Source committer to WebKit
2006 – 2012
Software Engineer, Ordissimo, manufacturer of “the simplest computer in the world“
Developed a mail client, web browser and addressbook, based on mozilla technologies
Open Source committer to Mozilla
OpenStreetMap contributor since 2009. Wrote multiple demo websites using the map, contributed tools to monitor the data, and direct contributions to the database. See list of contributions
Master’s degree in “Energy and Environment”, National Institute of Applied Sciences, Lyon, France