Helena Merk
Senior Advisor at Streamline - Win more public funding
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolHelena Merk is a founder and app developer with a decade of experience building product-led startups and mobile-first tools from San Francisco. She co-founded and scaled YC-backed Glimpse (acquired) into a remote collaboration product used by Fortune 100 customers, then led Streamline to deliver an intelligent end-to-end proposal platform for government funding. Hands-on across mobile, backend, and security, Helena has shipped production systems at Smartcar, One Medical, and in civic-impact projects like AdoptMeApp and Duke’s Reporters Lab. She combines technical depth (Python, Node, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes) with product intuition and a focus on education and environmental impact. Notably, she moves fluidly between solo developer roles and CEO responsibilities, repeatedly turning side projects into mission-driven companies. Currently advising Streamline while founding a stealth startup, she blends operator experience with builder curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Pinewood SchoolBullis Charter SchoolClasses across Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, & Global Health, Computer Science, Classes across Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, & Global Health, Computer Science at Duke UniversityW20 Glimpse (acquired), W20 Glimpse (acquired) at Y CombinatorGirls Who Code
English, German, Finnish, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (92)
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supabase10
nextjs10
shodan9
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
helenamerk/LitterHero
Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
City Reporting Tool
Contributions:17 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
reporting-toolreporting
helenamerk/resume
Mar 2019 - Jul 2020
Hosting site to practice computer networking!
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
hostingnetworkingcomputer-networking
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