In an era where technology is shaping the future of industries, economies, and societies, women are driving innovation and breaking barriers like never before. Yet, their stories and contributions often remain untold or underappreciated. That's why GirlCodes is proud to present our annual Women in Tech Power List—a celebration of the trailblazing women who are not just reshaping the tech landscape but also inspiring the next generation of leaders.
From groundbreaking engineers and visionary founders to data scientists, product managers, and advocates for diversity in STEM, this year's Power List showcases a remarkable array of talent and tenacity. These women have harnessed the power of technology to create meaningful change, whether by developing life-saving software, championing ethical AI, or building inclusive tech communities. Alongside these inspiring individuals, we also recognize the vital role of company partners and coding bootcamps in fostering opportunities and empowering women to excel in tech.
As we unveil this year's honorees, we invite you to join us in applauding their achievements, amplifying their voices, and reaffirming our commitment to a more inclusive and equitable tech industry. Together, let's shine a light on the pioneers who are proving that when women lead in tech, everyone benefits.
Women in Tech Winners 2026
(in no particular order)
(Sr. Product Marketing Manager)
Dounia is a Solution Engineer, turned Product Marketer in Tech. She has been working in B2B SaaS for a while now, but her spark for the industry was lit thanks to organisations like girlcode. With her strongest language being SQL and a speciality in data science, she wants to help other women to dive deep into the world of tech. To this end, she started and leads a women's initiative in Celonis Madrid, where they hold regularly meet-ups and workshops.
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(Technologist)
My name is Aroma, and I’m currently a Software Engineer at Microsoft in Redmond, where I work on large-scale backend systems that power GPT and Copilot use cases—specifically around document processing, entity extraction, and scalable NLP services. My work focuses on building multi-tenant systems that process and serve billions of documents efficiently, ensuring both reliability and performance at enterprise scale.
Amanda Hartman
(Front End Engineer)
My first career was working in museums and academia, caring for artifacts and doing research. I ended up making a lot of digital resources for work, like digital archives, plugins for collection management software, always working on websites! I slowly started learning more and more in tech, starting with design, UI/UX and finally landed on the React ecosystem. I work with Remix, NextJS, and React Native daily and I am always happy to chat about it! I've taken all kinds of courses and bootcamps,
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Judith Böhlert
(Freelance Software Engineer)
Hey, I'm Judi, a freelance software engineer based in Berlin, Germany.
I have 6 years of experience with full-stack development using technologies such as React or Vue on the frontend and Node.js or Golang on the backend.
After a few years of full-time employment, I have realized that working in tech is awesome but can also be quite stressful. Therefore, I am currently embarking on a self-employment adventure, hoping to find a calm and sustainable approach to working in tech.
(Engineering Manager)
According to my LinkedIn...I am a Strategic and delivery-focused Engineering Leader with 20 years' experience in technical roles, scaling cross-functional teams and leading enterprise-wide technology transformations. Proven success in regulated, high-growth environments, partnering with Product, Design, and C-Suite stakeholders to deliver complex cloud-native platforms and modernise legacy systems. Adept at guiding architecture, driving Agile adoption and fostering high-performing, empowered teams balancing long-term platform resilience with short-term business outcomes. Brings deep expertise in AWS, software modernisation, data architecture, and technical strategy. Passionate about inclusive leadership and building a culture of excellence and ownership.
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Kerry Dougherty
(Product Engineer)
My name is Kerry Dougherty. I am originally from the United States. I previously was living in New York for around 14 years, then this past year I moved to Berlin to join an exciting new company, Upvest GmbH.
(UX Designer)
Isabella Rocha is a multi-award-winning UX Designer and the Founder & Lead of the UKI Hispanic/Latino Business Resource Group at IBM. Known for her bold approach to inclusive design and community leadership, she’s driving impact across user experiences and cultural representation within one of the world’s leading tech companies.
(Tech Lead)
I am an experienced T-shaped Software Engineer with broad technical expertise in building large-scale Web Applications and high-performing teams as well as an exceptional academic background. Friendly, professional and approachable at all times, I am always willing to learn and try new technologies. I am a great asset to any company and always look forward to add value to an organisation.
(Senior Software Engineer)
My name is Kasia and I'm originally from Poland. I’m currently living in London, having previously spent three years in Berlin. In my free time, I love travelling, playing board games (I have a huge shelf full of them at home!), rewatching Friends (or The Office) over and over again, and painting (a hobby I discovered during a workshop and got immediately hooked!).
Caylee Morris
(Software Engineer)
Hi, I'm Caylee! I'm a programmer, designer, video editor, maker and general thing-doer in my early 30's living in Bristol, UK. I'm also a trans woman.
Kasia Dutch
(Software Engineer)
Hi, I'm Kasia, a software engineer, coding instructor, and mentor. I currently work for Starling Bank and prior to that, I was at an EdTech start-up for three years. My route into to tech was via bootcamp and it's a huge honour to be living proof that taking an unconventional path into the tech industry can change your life! As a career-switcher, I'm deeply committed to making the industry a more diverse and inclusive space. With the work I do in my spare time as an instructor, mentor and GirlCode Ambassador, I'm hoping to encourage more women and girls to enter the tech world by paying my own experiences forward.
Tech Company Winners 2026
(in no particular order)
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esure
We’re on a mission to fix insurance for good. We want to ensure esure is a great place to work for our brilliant colleagues who are working to achieve this ambition, whilst providing fantastic service to our car, home and travel insurance customers.
Our people are our strength. Strong insurance heritage and expertise is enhanced by a diverse range of colleagues with proven track records in some of the most technologically advanced and customer focused industries.
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Playground Games
Playground Games is an award winning, AAA game development studio, established in 2010.
We are incredibly proud to be the creator and developer of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Forza Horizon series and new Fable franchise.
Native Instruments
For over 25 years, Native Instruments has been at the forefront of sonic innovation. Guided by our mission to inspire and enable creators to express themselves, we develop integrated audio hardware and software solutions for musicians, producers, engineers, and DJs of all genres and levels of experience.
Beatport
For over 20 years, Beatport has been the global leader in DJ and club culture, pushing the boundaries of dance music to all corners of the world. Created by DJs for DJs, Beatport has always been dedicated to innovating new products and services to support evolving generations of music performers and producers.
The Beatport Group includes some of the best-known brands in DJ culture, including Beatport, Beatsource, Loopmasters, Plugin Boutique, Loopcloud, Beatport Streaming, Ampsuite, LabelRadar, Beatport.io & The International Music Summit (IMS). We are consistently looking for bright, creative professionals with diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
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ROLI
Luminary ROLI is a human-centric AI company founded 3 ½ years ago with the mission to free the music, bringing an easier, more intuitive and fun way to learn a musical instrument. Blending Spatial AI, software, hardware and content, our integrated solution results in consumers learning to play the piano more quickly, conveniently and affordably than traditional methods. It’s also a lot more fun.
flaconi
flaconi is one of Germany’s leading online beauty retailers with an extensive portfolio of almost 1000 brands and 50.000 products. From drugstore over organic cosmetics to premium and luxury, the online shops in Germany, France, Austria, Poland and Switzerland cover all product segments and offers a diverse selection of products for a unique and daily beauty routine.
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JP Morgan Chase
We’re one of the world’s biggest technology-driven companies. We spend $15 billion in technology, at unparalleled global scale and speed
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Rover
At Rover, we believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet, and our mission is to make that easier to experience. Since 2011, we've connected millions of pet parents with trusted sitters and walkers across the US, Canada, and Europe, empowering them to build their own businesses on our platform.
Our team is global, with headquarters in Seattle and a fast-growing hub in Barcelona.
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Liberis
Liberis are on a mission to unleash the power of small businesses all over the world - delivering the financial products they need to grow through a network of global partners.
At its core, Liberis is a technology-driven company, bridging the gap between finance and small businesses. They use data and insights to help partners understand their customers’ real time needs and tech to offer tailor-made financial products. Empowering small businesses to grow and keep their independent spirit alive is central to their vision.
Loomery
Loomery is a digital product agency that helps clients move fast with technology. Our teams combine grounded strategic approaches with deep technical expertise to pinpoint the right thing to build, then make it happen fast.
Beamery
For over 20 years, Beatport has been the global leader in DJ and club culture, pushing the boundaries of dance music to all corners of the world. Created by DJs for DJs, Beatport has always been dedicated to innovating new products and services to support evolving generations of music performers and producers.
Coding Bootcamp Winners 2026
(in no particular order)
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Codeop
We're changing the culture of tech through our in-person and live-online bootcamps for women, trans, and non-binary people (women+). We're headquartered in Barcelona and our students and graduate network span 70+ countries. We believe education gives birth to new worlds and helps old worlds disappear: marginalisation, gender disparity, underrepresentation, biases— issues all too commonplace in an industry that aspires to uplift us all.
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Makers
We are Makers. Our purpose is to transform lives and organizations by finding, training, and placing exceptional, diverse career switchers into tech roles. We believe that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, so we build inclusive routes into tech careers through our bootcamp and apprenticeship training programs. We prepare candidates from under-represented backgrounds to thrive in a rapidly changing industry by blending excellent technical training with a focus on a growth mindset and emotional intelligence, and we connect them with employers willing to look beyond the obvious and find exceptional tech talent.
freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp is a community of millions of people around the world who are learning to code together. Learn to code with free online courses, programming projects, and interview preparation for developer jobs. We're a 501(c)(3) public charity. Get started at: https://www.freecodecamp.org
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Codeworks
Codeworks offers immersive courses to learn Software Engineering. Ranked as one of the best coding academies in the world, it provides remote and on-site programs. Their 8-week and 12-week courses give you solid Software Engineering foundations, a professional understanding of the latest full-stack JavaScript technologies, and hands-on experience with a portfolio of apps that you build. The school offers plans to finance your tuition and the possibility to pay only once you sign a satisfying job offer. Codeworks graduates have a top high hiring rate, with salaries well above the industry average. The school perks include lifelong career support, and a rich international alumni community.
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Codecademy
First, we invented the best system for learning to code and offered it for free.
Now, over 10 years and 50 million learners later, we’ve created serious impact.
Headquartered in New York City but working remotely all over the continental US, our internal team is filled with highly curious and diverse individuals whose backgrounds span beyond just tech and education. And we’re growing. A lot.
General Assembly
We transform careers and teams — including more than one third of the Fortune 100 — through dynamic courses in coding, data, design, and business. Today’s complex, global economy requires a skilled workforce that can leverage technology to fuel success. Our pioneering, experiential education includes full-time and part-time courses taught on-campus, online, and on site with companies, giving individuals and teams flexible options for growth and development. Learn more about our programs at https://ga.co/2yt8KJF. Our global network of 40,000+ full- and part-time alumni and 10,000+ hiring partners provide recent graduates with opportunities to find jobs and make connections, setting them up for success on the job, and in life.
Le Wagon
Le Wagon is a leader in immersive tech training. We teach people the skills they need to change their lives by kick-starting their tech careers or launching their own startups. Le Wagon offers Web Development and Data Bootcamps as well as Skill Courses - online and in 40+ cities worldwide. Founded in Paris in 2013, Le Wagon now boasts a community of 25,000+ graduates from all walks of life, including many entrepreneurs who built 210+ tech startups and raised $1B+ globally.
Code Instutute
Code Institute is an online coding bootcamp offering a FullStack Software Development diploma. As a global coding educators our courses offer learners the skills and support to change careers and advance more quickly. We combine high-quality content, technology, analytics and support to facilitate learners’ success. At Code Institute you are guaranteed a superior learning experience and personalised support system to achieve success and land your first role in web development. Skills for employment - Learn cutting edge coding skills and programming languages from industry experts. Internationally recognised qualification - Our online coding course is university credit-rated and industry-aligned to give you the credentials to get hired anywhere in the world.
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Softwire
Softwire is a privately owned software development company based in London. We are specialists in the delivery of software consultancy and bespoke, custom-built software solutions along with offering expert software development training. Softwire focuses on providing an exceptional level of service to a manageable number of customers. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is second to none - not least because repeat business is an important source of our revenue. We aim to be a complete technology partner for our clients, from initial consultancy and design phases right through to deployment and ongoing support, and we have partnerships with trusted third parties for services such as web hosting which we believe are best outsourced to established specialists in those fields.
Techswitch
Move into software development. Make a TechSwitch. TechSwitch’s mission is to make careers in tech accessible to everyone, regardless of their background. There are numerous programmes offering school- and university-leavers accessible, affordable ways into tech but things are very different for people wishing to enter or re-enter tech later in their careers. Our programme focuses on helping individuals transition from careers in other industries into tech, or to get back into the technology industry after career breaks.
Coding Black Females
Build | Learn | Support Coding Black Females was created in 2017. We are a nonprofit organisation, and our primary aim is to provide opportunities for Black female developers to develop themselves, meet familiar faces, network, receive support and build relationships through having regular meetups.