João Moreno
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJoão Moreno is a Principal Software Engineering Manager based in Zurich, leading teams on Visual Studio Code at Microsoft with a decade-plus tenure at the company spanning hands-on engineering to leadership. He combines deep technical roots—from early work on Visual Studio Online "Monaco" and iPhone development at ETH Zurich to research experience at IBM—with a strong academic foundation (MSc Computer Science, ETH Zurich). Known for shipping developer tooling and editor features at scale, he bridges product, platform and developer experience priorities to drive high-impact releases. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions and mentorship that turn complex developer workflows into polished user experiences. An early web developer and former university lab instructor, he brings a rare mix of frontline coding, teaching, and research-informed rigor to large engineering organizations.
1 year of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at Universidade Nova de LisboaHigh School Diploma General Sciences, High School Diploma General Sciences at Escola Secundária Cacilhas TejoMSc Computer Science, MSc Computer Science at ETH Zürich
English, Portuguese, German
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Github Skills (9)
visual-studio-code10
typescript10
visual-studio10
vscode-extension10
electron10
vscode10
microsoft10
editor10
windows3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
microsoft/vscode
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
Visual Studio Code
Contributions:2 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
visual-studio-codeelectronvscodevscode-extensionmicrosoft
microsoft/inno-updater
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
Helper utility to enable background updates for VS Code in Windows
Contributions:2 branches, 1 tag in 1 month
visual-studio-codewindowsvscodevscode-extensionupdates
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