Summary
Helen Chung is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of professional experience building production systems, currently contributing as a Member of Technical Staff at Samsara. Her career spans senior and principal engineering roles across both large enterprises and startups, including AOL, Pivotal, OneMarket, and Noblis, giving her deep familiarity with scalable systems and product-driven engineering. She holds an MS in Software Engineering from George Mason University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia, blending rigorous academic grounding with practical, long-term delivery. Known for moving between hands-on development and architectural problem solving, she has a track record of stabilizing and evolving complex codebases over multi-year engagements. Based in the United States, she brings cross-domain experience from telecommunications to cloud and IoT-adjacent platforms. An understated strength is her longevity at organizations, which reflects both technical adaptability and commitment to delivering durable engineering outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Software Engineering, MS, Software Engineering at George Mason University
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Virginia