Arnav Jindal
Research Assistant at HackDuke
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolArnav Jindal is a Computer Science and Economics student at Duke University who builds low-latency systems and infrastructure with Rust, C++, Python, and Go. He combines academic research—optimizing Ethereum for security and decentralization and accelerating Python gRPC via Rust FFI—with hands-on industry experience at Amazon, IMC Trading, and blockchain and AI startups. Arnav has contributed to notable open-source projects including a Rust/WebAssembly image-processing library and the popular discord.py Python API, showing strength across back-end and systems-level work. He also teaches computer architecture as a TA and applies full-stack and DevOps skills from past internships to reduce deployment time and improve product usability. Based in Durham, he pairs rigorous systems engineering with cross-disciplinary interests in journalism, Formula 1, and writing, which inform his clear technical communication. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often focuses on squeezing performance from the stack while keeping user-facing reliability and accessibility in mind.
56 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Heritage Xperiential Learning School (Formerly known as The Heritage School, Gurgaon)IGCSE, 9 Subjects, IGCSE, 9 Subjects at National Academy For Learning - IndiaElementary and Middle School, Elementary and Middle School at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. SchoolA levels, 6 Subjects, A levels, 6 Subjects at Mallya Aditi International SchoolCharles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Economics and Journalism, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Economics and Journalism at Duke University
English, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
rust-lang10
python10
discord-js10
image-processing10
discord10
rust-wasm10
image-manipulation10
discord-py10
rust10
webassembly10
api-design9
documentation8
flask-socketio6
heroku6
flexbox6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
silvia-odwyer/photon
Oct 2020 - May 2022
⚡ Rust/WebAssembly image processing library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 12 PRs, 32 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Arnav primarily worked on the `photon` image processing library, implementing new native methods and modifying existing ones. Their contributions include creating functions to save images to bytes, adding image effects, and modifying existing ones. The changes demonstrate a focus on core image manipulation functionality and improving the library's capabilities, likely related to the core image processing functionality and wasm/webassembly.
rust-libraryimageimage-manipulationrustwebassembly
Rapptz/discord.py
Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
An API wrapper for Discord written in Python.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 7 commits, 11 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Arnav primarily focused on adding features and making improvements to the discord.py library. Their contributions included adding methods and properties to existing classes, such as `url_as` and `remove_footer`, and extending the functionality of the `Colour` and `Embed` classes. They also addressed documentation issues, including grammar fixes for intents.rst and updating Python version information in the quickstart guide.
apipythonapi-wrapperdiscordbot
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