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Helen Yan

Senior Software Engineer at Wealthfront

Helen Yan's work experience includes several positions in different companies and organizations. Helen worked as a Backend Software Engineer at Wealthfront since 2020. Before that, they were a Senior Consultant at Voyager Consulting from 2018 to 2019, where they provided strategy consulting to clients and performed data processing and analysis. Helen also had a role as a Software Engineering Intern at Pantheon Platform in 2019.

In their earlier years, Helen served as the President of UC Berkeley ChemE Car, a student-run research and competition team, from 2016 to 2019. During their time there, they reorganized the executive team structure and led the club in setting ambitious goals. Helen also worked as a Front-End Engineering Intern at Teapplix Inc in 2018, where they built a products page for clients using React.

Helen's academic research experience includes being an Undergraduate Researcher at the Katz Lab at the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. Helen used Gaussian program to compute calculations for various molecules and structures. Helen also conducted experiments and synthesized micro-emulsions as an Undergraduate Researcher at Tsing Hua University Chemical Engineering Department in 2017.

In addition to their professional and research experience, Helen was a Research Intern at Stanford University Department of Chemical Engineering in 2015. Helen also served as the Co-Director at Palo Alto Speech and Debate Camp from 2013 to 2015.

Overall, Helen Yan has a diverse background in software engineering, consulting, research, and leadership roles.

Helen Yan completed their Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley from 2016 to 2020. Prior to that, they attended Palo Alto High School from 2012 to 2016 to complete their high school education, with no specified field of study.

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Timeline

  • Senior Software Engineer

    January 1, 2024 - present

  • Backend Software Engineer

    August, 2020