Summary
Li Chen is a Staff Software Engineer in San Diego with 10+ years building secure media and embedded systems for home security and consumer electronics. He specializes in embedded Linux/Android, video streaming (RTSP/RTP/SRTP), kernel drivers, and secure data-transfer protocols for connected cameras and video doorbells. Li has led cross-functional efforts at Arlo, Signify, Intel and LeEco to deliver low-latency live streaming, hardware-accelerated WebRTC, and Bluetooth/Zigbee integrations. Known for bridging low-level device drivers to high-level media stacks, he combines deep systems expertise with practical product-focused delivery across global teams. A pragmatic engineer who values incremental progress—“a thousand miles begins with a single step”—he often surfaces subtle security and performance trade-offs that improve real-world deployments.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Electronic and Science Technology