Helena Qin
Senior Software Engineer at ume restaurant group
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolHelena Qin is a Senior Software Engineer in San Diego with 11 years of experience building high-performance front-end systems and self-help experiences at scale. At Intuit she led re-architectures that cut bundle sizes ~40%, improved load times, and sped up product integrations from a month to a week while reducing chat engagement drop from 13% to 4% through cross-team performance work. She’s a React/Redux/GraphQL practitioner who helped migrate large consumer-facing help systems off third-party platforms, authored one of Intuit’s first server-side rendered pages, and champions test automation and CI/CD. Earlier work includes front-end contributions to KA Lite—an offline Khan Academy server—and React Native for offline-first mapping in support of indigenous communities. Beyond engineering, she founded a seasonal micro pop-up restaurant during the pandemic, demonstrating entrepreneurial creativity and operational grit. Her blend of product-focused front-end optimization, mentoring, and meaningful open-source contributions makes her effective at turning complex user needs into fast, reliable experiences.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoMonta Vista High School
Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
html10
css10
javascript10
web-development10
front-end-development10
python9
handlebars9
back-end-development9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
learningequality/ka-lite
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
KA Lite: lightweight web server for serving core Khan Academy content (videos and exercises) without needing internet connectivity
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Helena contributed to the KA Lite project by fixing bugs and implementing features. They addressed issues related to video loading for admin users and quiz loading. Furthermore, the user refactored and styled elements in the frontend, including the navbar and content recommendation components, using CSS and Handlebars templates.
connectivityservinginternet-connectivityweb-servervideos
howdyitshelena/howdyitshelena.github.io
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:23 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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