# Christopher Arnaiz

> Staff Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/christopherarnaiz

I am a self-motivated individual that can adapt to any situation in order to get the team to reach our goals.
I hold great value in the integrity of my work (testing, coding standards, documentation, etc).
I am always interested in picking up new tools.

In my years in the industry, I have worked on core framework for system management.
I have experience designing and implementing software based off business requirements, applying my framework and security knowledge.
I also have experience bridging gaps between technical and non-technical departments.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Fastly
Jan 2022 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer Team Lead @ Riverbed Technology
Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Design and implementation of new framework with internal and public facing RESTful APIs (microservices architecture)
- Mentored Junior Engineer on design and implementation
- Translating business requirements from IT, Product, and Operations to Engineering
- Took the role of SCRUM Master for our development team
- Triaging, investigating, and resolving issues with Cloud hosted services Productizing proof of concept software (Cloud hosted service)

### Member Of Technical Staff @ Riverbed Technology
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Development of the core framework for Steelhead product line
- Development of micro services with RESTful APIs
- Development of SSL certificate library for PKI support

### Software Engineer @ Mocana Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014
- Supporting OEM customers in usage of SSL, SSH, x509, Cryptographic, and other proprietary API libraries
- Responsible for triaging, investigating, new feature development, and resolving issues with library code
- Review and implementation of library code for RFC compliance Assisted professional services engagements

### Software Engineer @ Kyocera Technology Development, Inc
Jan 2006 – Jan 2012
- Lead developer for printer mini-driver development on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
- Liaison between Engineers in the US and Japan HQ (communication between US Engineers, Microsoft, & Apple)

### Software Engineer @ California State University, East Bay (formerly Hayward)
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009
Please note that this was work I did for a Professor at the University and I was not employed by the school.

Development of CAD application for use in courses (semiconductor chip designing)
Development of a console for launching rockets (on a MicroChip P18F97J60 PIC microcontroller) - Hardware bring-up

### Database Manager @ SparesNow, Inc
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
Designed and installed database to maintain for inventory, price history, and sales records.


## Education
### BS in Computer Engineering
California State University - East Bay

### Some courses completed in Chemistry
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christopherarnaiz

---
Source: https://flows.cv/christopherarnaiz
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christopherarnaiz/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-12