Thomas Tendyck
Co-Founder at Edgeless Systems
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Tendyck is a security-minded software engineer and co-founder with six years of professional experience building privacy-preserving, production-grade systems from Bochum, Germany. As Co-Founder of Edgeless Systems since 2019 and formerly an R&D engineer at G DATA, he combines startup leadership with deep hands-on expertise in secure enclave technologies and systems programming. His open-source contributions to the widely used Open Enclave SDK include memory management, socket/epoll robustness fixes, and attestation helpers—demonstrating practical improvements to enclave reliability and developer ergonomics. Thomas holds an MSc in Informatics from Ruhr University Bochum and is known for translating research-level security concepts into maintainable engineering solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges low-level implementation detail with product-focused decisions.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Informatik, Master of Science - MS Informatik at Ruhr University Bochum
Github Skills (16)
sgx10
c1710
memory-management10
filesystem10
epoll10
c1110
file-operations10
fileio10
security10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
socket9
threaded8
multithreading8
hyper-threading8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openenclave/openenclave
Nov 2019 - Aug 2022
SDK for developing enclaves
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Security Engineer
Backend Developer & Security EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 70 commits, 42 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Thomas primarily contributed to the core functionality and security of the Open Enclave SDK. They implemented and integrated the `malloc_usable_size` function, ensuring memory management compatibility. Additionally, they fixed bugs related to socket handling and epoll, strengthening the system's reliability. Furthermore, the user improved the codebase by addressing review comments, adding pread/pwrite file system operations, and adding the `oe_sgx_get_signer_id_from_public_key` function which simplifies attestation processes.
trusted-execution-environmentdevelopingteesdkconfidential-computing
edgelesssys/edgelessrt
Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
Edgeless RT is an SDK and a runtime for Intel SGX. It combines top-notch Go support with simplicity, robustness and a small TCB. Developing confidential microservices has never been easier! C++17 and Rust (experimental) are also supported.
Contributions:30 releases, 59 reviews, 312 commits in 3 years 1 month
gointel-sgxmicroservicesrusttrusted-execution-environment
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