2026 Winners

Recognizing outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer technology.

How it Works

The 15th annual 2026 DEVIES Awards are the definitive awards night for the developer, software engineering, and IT industry. Winners will be selected across 29 categories and announced in January.

DEVIES award nominations are open NOW through Thursday, December 18, 2025, and winners will be announced online , January 8, 2026. Winners will be presented with their awards during the 2026 DEVIES Awards Ceremony on February 18, 2026.

Nominations for multiple products/technologies of a certain company/organization ARE accepted (please nominate on separate forms), but each product/technology can only be nominated for one DEVIES Awards category.

Judging is based on three general key criteria: The best developer products/technologies that: 1) are generally well-regarded by the global developer & engineering community; 2) are leaders in their sector (DEVIES Awards category) for innovation; and 3) have attracted attention & adoption in the industry.

Each technology, product or service may only win one DEVIES Award per year.

Why Apply?

The 2026 DEVIES Awards, now in their 15th year, celebrate outstanding design, engineering, and innovation in developer & engineering technology. Winners in 2026 will enjoy the following benefits:

Recognition: The 2026 DEVIES Awards are the definitive awards for the developer community, held in conjunction with DeveloperWeek 2026, the world’s largest develope & engineering event (Feb 18-20, San Jose, CA).

Visibility: Winners receive two (2) VIP Passes to DeveloperWeek 2026 and a commemorative physical award, presented at the DEVIES Awards Ceremony & VIP Reception on Feb 18, 2026, in San Jose, CA.

Exposure: Be featured in local & national media promotion and get a dedicated company profile on the DEVIES Awards website, where winners will remain posted year after year.

Timeline

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Nominations open

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Nominations close: Judging begins

December 19-23, 2025
Judging

January 2026
Winners Announced

Wednesday, February 18, 2026
2026 DEVIES Awards Ceremony & VIP Reception
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
San Jose Convention Center

DEVIES Awards Categories

AI & ML
Tools that help data and development teams design, train, and deploy machine learning and artificial intelligence models.

API Management & Support
Tools that help API teams manage access to their services as well as their API strategies.

API Security
Tools that secure the entire API

AppSecOps
Tools that help secure applications and application data.

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Web3
Tools that allow developers to design and deploy code that interacts with or lives on a blockchain and the infrastructure to support it.

Communication & Messaging
Tools that allow developers to build messaging and communications functionality into their applications.

Containers & Kubernetes
Tools that help development teams deploy their code and orchestrate their services as distributed containers.

Data Analytics & Visualization
Tools focused on analyzing and visualizing information to uncover new insights and inform strategic decision making.

Data Storage & Management
Tools that help manage data in all its forms to make it accessible to developers and their applications.

Developer Collaboration & Workflow Tools
Tools that help development teams communicate better together and collaborate more effectively on their projects.

Developer Environments & Coding Tools
Tools that make the process of writing code more efficient and enjoyable for developers.

DevOps: CI/CD & Developer Platform Tools
Tools designed to help development teams automate the software development lifecycle and application environment configuration.

DevOps: Code Testing & Quality Management
Tools that ensure the stability, performance, and functionality of code both during development and in production.

DevOps: Observability & Monitoring
Tools to help development teams monitor their infrastructure and applications and provide insights into code performance.

DevSecOps
Tools that help secure the full development lifecycle and monitor for vulnerabilities.

Enterprise Development & Integration Solutions
Tools that allow enterprise programmers to connect various systems together to allow their organizations consistent access to their data and functionality across the enterprise.

Industry: Financial
Tools to help development teams focused on serving the Financial Industry.

Industry: Gaming & Entertainment
Tools to help development teams focused on serving the Gaming and Entertainment Industry.

Industry: Healthcare
Tools to help development teams focused on serving the Healthcare Industry.

ITOps
Tools responsible for acquiring, designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining the physical and virtual components that comprise IT infrastructure.

Low- and No-Code Development
Tools that provide the power of programming with a visual or similar non-coding interface.

Microservices & Serverless
Tools that help development teams develop, deploy and manage microservice-based applications.

Mobile & Device Development
Tools specifically designed to help developers building for mobile applications and other device-based applications.

Programming Languages & Frameworks
The languages, software development kits, and programming frameworks that allow developers to efficiently build new applications and services.

Services: Application Development
Service providers and consultancies focused on delivering application development services.

Services: IT Infrastructure & Security
Service providers and consultancies focused on delivering IT Infrastructure and Security services.

Services: Strategic & Technical
Service providers and consultancies focused on delivering strategic technical services focused on business outcomes.

Services: Systems Integration
Service providers and consultancies focused on integrating the varying systems within the enterprise.

XR/VR/AR/3D
Tools that help developers produce content and applications for use in virtual reality and augmented reality systems.

Judges

Neha Gupta

Co-Founder @ Keploy

James Oyanna

Head of Engineering @ Onesphere Solutions

Varun Kulkarni

Product Lead @ Microsoft

Surag Patel

CEO / Co-Founder @ Pixee

Sara Faatz

Director, Technology Community Relations @ Progress

Shan Anwar

Principal Software Engineer @ Intuit

Alon Grinshpoon

CEO @ echo3D

Helen Beal

CEO @ Carapace

Megha Sinha

Lead Cloud Network Architect @ Arista Networks

Cheryl Aranha

Principal Engineer @ Intuit

Oleksandr Kondratiuk

Chief Technology Officer @ akirolabs

Timothy Spann

Principal Engineer @ DataInMotion

Tanya Vlahovic

Head of Engineering, 3P Ecosystem and Experiences @ Intuit

Sam Boswell

CTO @ terralayr

Eran Kinsbruner

Global Head of Product Marketing and Brand Strategy @ LightRun

Ori Bendet

VP of Product Management @ Checkmarx

Suhas Shetty

Senior Engineering Manager @ Social Finance

Stefan Johansson

Global Head of Sales @ Mageba

Khalid Khan

Technical Program Manager @ Groww

James Brookbank

Cloud Solutions Architect Manager @ Google

Taeil Goh

Sr Software Engineering Manager @ Capital One

Ben Greenberg

Principal Consultant @ Yalla DevRel

Samridh Pandey

Senior consultant @ Capgemini

Intesar Mohammed

Founder & CEO @ PerfAI

Anthony Dombrowski

Developer Relations Lead

Stephen Chin

VP of Developer Relations @ Neo4j

Vyron Vasileiadis

Technical Lead @ Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

Manoj Suryadevara

Staff Product Manager @ Walmart

Vishal Pallerla

Solutions Architect @ InterSystems

Moataz Nabil

Software Quality Manager, Platform Engineering @ AVIV Group

Roy Derks

Developer Experience @ IBM

Vaclav Vincalek

CTO @ 555vCTO

John Stafford

Chief Operating Officer @ Parallel Communications

Krishna Aerabati

Director of Engineering @ Relativity

Raul Popa

CEO @ TypingDNA

Ben Pedazur

CTO @ echo3D

Jeremy Glassenberg

Founder, API Product Consultant @ API Strategist

Rosalind Radcliffe

IBM Fellow, CIO DevSecOps CTO @ IBM

Ohad Manor

CTO @ 4Cast

Anton Angelov

CTO @ Automate The Planet

Vera Tiago

Developer Advocate @ OutSystems

Alexander Alten

CEO @ Scakytics

Carly Richmond

Developer Advocate & Manager @ Elastic

Nishant Mendiratta

Sr. Mobile Engineer @ Roku

Past DEVIES Winners