Summary
Helen Hastings is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable systems and consumer-facing web products from seed to production. After a progression through engineering roles at Affirm culminating in Senior Staff Software Engineer, she launched Quanta to apply her strengths in abstract problem solving and technical leadership. Her background spans distributed systems (VMware, Google), front-end single-page apps (NerdWallet), and applied security/malware analysis in research settings, reflecting a rare full-stack fluency. Based in San Francisco, she combines rapid self-starting curiosity with practical delivery—repeatedly eliminating inefficient processes and shipping reusable tooling that accelerates teams. Colleagues describe her as inquisitive and dedication-driven, equally comfortable authoring core infrastructure changes or designing user-facing experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Stanford University