Summary
Mark Vaz is a System Software Engineer with 11 years of cross-domain experience, currently building GPU infrastructure and DevOps tooling at NVIDIA while also serving as Co-Founder and CTO of a startup, Solder Otter. He specializes in system-level software, pipeline automation, and metadata-driven architectures that improve traceability and safety for complex deployments, including automotive OTA systems. His background spans full-stack and backend work—from C#/.NET data warehousing and Django/PHP web platforms to React Native mobile apps—reflecting a practical fluency across the stack. An alum of Waterloo’s Systems Design Engineering program, he pairs engineering rigor with hands-on operational experience supporting large user bases and coordinating multi-team product requirements. Notably, he has bridged academic research (remote sensing data fusion) and production engineering, suggesting a knack for turning scientific processing workflows into robust, scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Law (J.D.) / Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Doctor of Law (J.D.) / Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at University of Toronto
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Systems Design Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Spanish