Summary
João Esteves is an experienced engineering manager with over two decades in software engineering and more than a decade in leadership roles, currently shaping global product rollouts at Google from Greater Dublin. He has a strong enterprise application pedigree, having led platform and financial product engineering teams at Workday, Workhuman and Bank of America, and brings hands-on experience across Python, Java, SDN, and large-scale CI/CD practices. João focuses on building empowered teams through clear vision, feedback-driven cultures and psychological safety, believing that innovation and empathy drive better products and happier engineers. Recognized for delivering cross-functional solutions and improving delivery metrics, he blends technical depth with people-first management to solve complex customer problems at scale. An IST-trained engineer, he combines consultancy roots and product delivery experience to bridge architecture, process and team enablement in fast-moving organizations.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree Computer and Software Engineering, Licentiate degree Computer and Software Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish