Summary
Jessie Chan is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building security-focused systems and low-level APIs, currently driving data protection and threat resistance work at Microsoft in the Greater Seattle area. She specializes in C/C++ systems development, kernel and user-mode debugging, and designing automated test infrastructure—creating the team's first VM-based drive encryption tests that removed dependence on physical hardware and vendors. Her work spans secure key management, drive encryption, and packaging Windows libraries into reusable DLLs, with proven success meeting JEDI and FIPS compliance requirements. Jessie pairs deep technical chops with mentorship and process leadership, having led onboarding initiatives and integrated production branches upstream to avoid regressions. Early career roles across aerospace and transportation (Boeing, Virgin Hyperloop) contributed embedded systems and FPGA experience, giving her a practical hardware-aware perspective that informs her approach to secure software design.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Southern California
Walnut High School