Hi, I'm Helen 👋
Software Engineer turned Entrepreneur. I love building things and helping people.
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About

I'm a software engineer passionate about applying AI to solve complex problems, particularly in finance and real estate. Been building companies since I was 14.

Work Experience

R

Rescope
PyTorch
Python

February 2025 - Current
CTO
Fine-tuned a 3B-parameter vision-language model to extract structured data from construction blueprints. Building a hybrid RAG system for city-specific regulations.
D

Demeter (YC W25)
tRPC
Supabase
Next.js

February 2025 - March 2025
Software Engineer
Built an agentic RAG pipeline with < 5 sec latency and citations. Migrated the codebase from GraphQL and Prisma to a T3 Stack (Supabase, tRPC, Drizzle, Clerk). Automated email ingestion using Google APIs and Inngest for background workers. Turned down a founding engineer offer to build my own company.
S

Scale AI
PyTorch
Python

January 2024 - December 2024
Prompt Engineer
Improved vision-language models by creating adversarial prompts to identify and address gaps in fine-grained image understanding. Designed and executed prompt engineering experiments, refining LLM applications for business use cases.
T

Terraval Inc.
React
MongoDB
AWS

May 2023 - November 2023
Software Engineer
Built and deployed the full-stack architecture, scaling to 1,300+ listings in 5 months (terraval.agr.br).
B

Bond Software Inc.
Django
PostgreSQL
Flutter

September 2022 - March 2023
CTO
Built and launched a fixed-income securities trading platform, reaching 2,000+ users. Reduced trade processing latency by 30% through backend optimizations.
U

UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Python
SQL
React

June 2022 - September 2022
Software Engineer
Optimized and deployed internal websites and HR tools.
R

Reali Inc.
TensorFlow
React
Redux

June 2020 - May 2022
Software Engineer
Implemented NLU models using TensorFlow and BERT, increasing intent classification accuracy from 81% to 93%. Integrated an AI chatbot with internal CRM (RAG before RAG was a thing). Led development of a new analytics dashboard.
S

Stanford University IRSS
Python
R

March 2019 - June 2020
Data Analyst Intern
Applied machine learning to analyze large datasets, uncovering trends in corporate branding and marketing strategies.

Education

U

UC Berkeley

May 2022
Bachelor's of Arts, Computer Science, Psychology

Skills

Python
PyTorch
C++
React
Next.js
Typescript
Node.js
Postgres
MongoDB
Docker
Java
My Projects

Check out my latest work

I've worked on a variety of projects, from simple websites to complex web applications. Here are a few of my favorites.

Finflow AI

Developed a Zapier for finance. Intuitive drag-n-drop interface to build financial analysis and modeling pipelines.

Next.js
Typescript
SQL
Python
Rabbit MQ
Website
Source

FinDoc AI

Developed an AI tool that generates automated equity research reports by analyzing SEC filings, financial metrics, and market news.

Next.js
Typescript
TailwindCSS
Stripe
Inngest
Website
Source
CaseScope

CaseScope

An open-source tool helping legal aid organizations support tenants by analyzing historical hearing records.

Next.js
Typescript
Supabase
Inngest
Website
Source
BondBank

BondBank

A fixed-income securities trading platform, reaching 2,000+ users.

React
Flutter
Django
Website
Contact

Get in Touch

Want to chat? Just shoot me a dm with a direct question on twitter

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