About
Jacques Arnoux is a systems and software engineer with over a decade of experience in consumer and enterprise software. He previously worked at Yahoo, served as a lead engineer at Netsil (an application monitoring startup acquired by Nutanix), and built infrastructure at Nutanix. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Founder at DioptraYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Jacques went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Jacques can intro founders to Dioptra's investors below.
Dioptra's investors · 2
Co-founders at Dioptra
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Farah GasmiFounder
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Pierre ArnouxCEO
Experience
- TraycerBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- Dioptra.aiCo-founder & CTOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NutanixAI-Ops Staff Software Engineer2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- NetsilEngineering (acquired by Nutanix)2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Yahoo! Inc.Software Engineer2012 — 2016Sunnyvale, CA
- University of PennsylvaniaTeaching Assistant2011 — 2012Greater Philadelphia Area
- Amazon.comSoftware Development Engineer Intern2011Greater Seattle Area
- École Polytechnique de MontréalSoftware Engineer2010Montreal, Canada
Skills & more
Data LakesPostgreSQLReact.jsPython (Programming Language)JavaScript14Go (Programming Language)2Kubernetes1Distributed Systems9PythonC/C++react.jsScala5
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JavaSQLCSS3AndroidNoSQLLinux/UnixGraphQLNode.jsDockerTensorFlowData ScienceRedisLanguages English · French · Russian · Spanish
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) — Scrum Alliance
- Testing and Refactoring - Javascript — Industrial Logic
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jacques Arnoux?
- Jacques Arnoux is a systems and software engineer with over a decade of experience in consumer and enterprise software. He previously worked at Yahoo, served as a lead engineer at Netsil (an application monitoring startup acquired by Nutanix), and built infrastructure at Nutanix. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
- Where does Jacques Arnoux work?
- Jacques Arnoux is Founder of Dioptra.
- What companies did Jacques Arnoux found?
- Jacques Arnoux founded Dioptra.
- Where did Jacques Arnoux go to school?
- Jacques Arnoux studied at Y Combinator; University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Science); ENSEEIHT (Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Mathematics & Computer Science).
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