Summary
Luana Martins is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building full-stack and distributed systems, currently at Grupo QuintoAndar after four years shaping LLM-powered features for Microsoft Search and M365 Copilot. She holds an MSc in Software Engineering and Distributed Systems from UFPE and a background in security/forensics from Kingston University, which informs a pragmatic, security-conscious approach to product design. Her engineering roots span backend services in Java and Python, data analysis with Pandas and NumPy, and front-end work in Angular and Ember, plus experience integrating enterprise search and GPT-driven experiences. Luana has taught programming and document automation at the post-graduate level, demonstrating an ability to translate complex technical topics for non-specialists. Comfortable across startups, research labs, and large tech, she combines rigorous academic training with a track record of shipping production features for high-scale consumer and enterprise products. Notably, she moved from research and academia into applied AI products, bridging data-driven analysis with user-facing search and chat solutions.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Kingston University
Master’s Degree Software engineering and Distributed Systems, Master’s Degree Software engineering and Distributed Systems at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Portuguese, English