Summary
Joana Pascoal is a Technical Lead II with eight years of software engineering experience building and leading teams at startups and moonshot labs, now based in Louisville, Colorado. She has progressed from hands-on engineering roles at CrowdProcess and Google to senior and technical lead positions at X and Frame AI, and most recently joined HubSpot to drive product-facing engineering. Known for solving real problems with clarity, curiosity, and a bit of stubbornness, she combines strong CS fundamentals with practical product sensibility honed across AI, moonshot research, and customer-focused companies. Her background in teaching algorithms and earlier roles in customer support gives her a rare blend of technical depth and empathy for users and teammates. Joana’s cross-disciplinary education in computer science and child development hints at an aptitude for coaching and human-centered design alongside scalable systems work.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Child Development, Master's degree Child Development at Faculdade de Motricidade Humana
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
English, Spanish, Portuguese