Summary
Nolan Varani is a senior software engineer with 10 years of experience building high-performance systems across embedded, kernel, hypervisor, and game development domains, currently working at TomTom from Madrid. He specializes in C and C++, low-level platform work and performance-sensitive code—having contributed to Hyper-V internals, VxWorks drivers for autonomous drones, and performance-critical C++ game systems. Nolan brings a security-minded approach from prior roles hunting and remediating critical vulnerabilities in scripting engines, and has deep experience with platform assembly and firmware/driver stacks. Internationally oriented and multilingual in Japanese, Mandarin, and German, he pairs systems-level expertise with cross-cultural collaboration and mentoring. An uncommon blend of cloud, embedded, and security experience makes him effective at shipping robust software where correctness and performance both matter.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University
Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese Language and Literature at Southwest University
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science and Chinese, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science and Chinese at Macalester College
English, German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish