Helan Yao

Helan Yao is an experienced software engineering professional currently serving as Engineering Manager for the Credit Risk team at Block since February 2022, following an acquisition. Prior to this role, Helan worked as a Senior Software Engineer in the Credit Risk team at Afterpay and in the Risk team at PayPal. Helan's earlier career includes positions as a Senior Software Engineer at Huawei, focusing on an open-source project on OpenStack, and as a Staff Software Engineer at IBM, developing an internal Cloud PaaS. Academic credentials include a Master's degree in Computer Science from Tongji University, earned from 2008 to 2011.