The final of the 20th season of the largest championship for IT professionals in Europe – DEV Challenge – took place in Kyiv. The competition lasted 2 months in three stages: qualification, online round and final.

This season, 2,515 professionals participated. Out of them 112 made it to the final. Thus, over 27,000 participants took part in the championship throughout all seasons.

During the DEV Challenge Friends Day event, the winners of the 20th season were chosen in the following nominations Product Design, UI Design, Testing, Frontend, and Backend.

Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, congratulated the finalists.

“To win, we have to become a high-tech state. And innovation must become our way of life. Under the patronage of First Lady Olena Zelenska, we are developing programmes for the psychological and social support and rehabilitation of our veterans. And I thank the participants of the DEV Challenge for their work on digital solutions for veterans,” said Iryna Vereshchuk.