Summary
Nicolas Arciniega is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-scale web and networking features for browsers, currently contributing to the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge in Redmond. He has deep expertise in large C++ codebases, multithreading, web compatibility and security—having modernized URL parsing, reworked subresource download flows to align with the Fetch algorithm, and implemented remote User-Agent spoofing for compatibility. Nicolas also improved test infrastructure and auditing tools to prevent unexpected network calls, and authored team-wide coding guidelines while reviewing cross-team changes. Comfortable across Windows, EdgeHTML and Chromium stacks, he combines rigorous problem-solving with strong bilingual communication (English/Spanish) and a proven track record of making the web safer and more compatible at scale.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo