Summary
Helena Yang is a software engineer with five years of experience building systems informed by a strong academic foundation from Carnegie Mellon SCS. Currently at Databricks, she brings recent industry experience from internships at Riot Games and Meta and a history of graphics and systems research through roles in CMU labs and the Penrose Lab. As Head TA for CMU’s Parallel & Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms course, she blends deep algorithmic knowledge with practical software delivery. Her early work at NIST modernizing scientific workflows and a background in computational geometry hint at a talent for turning research-grade code into performant, maintainable tools. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, she combines classroom teaching, research, and production engineering perspectives to tackle complex engineering problems.
5 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Richard Montgomery High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, Chinese, English