Summary
Peidong Chen is a Principal Software Engineer based in San Jose with 11 years of focused experience designing and implementing endpoint security for Windows, macOS and iOS. He has deep expertise in kernel- and user-mode architectures—writing filter drivers, kernel hooks, and system services—and a proven track record debugging complex crashes across OS boundaries. Throughout roles at Netskope, Forcepoint, Trend Micro and Symantec he’s led Windows endpoint architecture and driven product features for data and web protection at scale. Peidong also brings cross-platform perspective from macOS daemons, System Extensions, iOS apps and Linux kernel/open-source work, enabling practical feature research and rapid prototyping. Known for bridging low-level systems engineering with product needs, he often surfaces subtle OS behaviors that inform robust security designs.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer