Born from Frustration

HackPulse was born when our founders - hackathon organizers, judges, and participants themselves - got tired of the same problems plaguing every event:

Spreadsheet Hell

Judging always ended up in Google Sheets, prone to errors and impossible to audit.

Black Box Results

Participants never understood why they won or lost. Trust eroded event after event.

Fragmented Tools

Registration here, submissions there, judging elsewhere. Nothing worked together.

We built HackPulse to solve these problems once and for all. A single platform where fairness isn't just a promise - it's engineered into every feature.

Team Building

What We Believe In

The principles that guide everything we build.

Fairness First

Every feature is designed with fairness in mind. From weighted criteria to recusal systems, we engineer bias out of the process.

Radical Transparency

No black boxes. Participants understand how scores are calculated. Organizers can audit everything. Trust is built on visibility.

Builder Focused

We're builders too. We understand the hackathon community because we're part of it. We build what we'd want to use.

Meet the People Behind HackPulse

Hackathon veterans, engineers, and design enthusiasts building the future of fair competitions.

Pascal Leveille

Founder & CEO

10+ years in developer tools. Organized and judged 50+ hackathons.

Sarah Chen

Co-Founder & CTO

Ex-Google engineer. AI/ML specialist. Won her first hackathon in 2015.

Marcus Williams

Head of Product

Product leader with a passion for developer experience and fair systems.

Elena Rodriguez

Head of Design

Designer who believes interfaces should be beautiful AND functional.

1,000+
Hackathons Hosted
50K+
Projects Judged
100+
Organizations
15
Countries

We're Hiring

Help us build the future of fair hackathon judging. Remote-first, global team.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

TypeScript, React, Node.js, Prisma. Help build our core platform.

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AI/ML Engineer

Build the next generation of AI-powered judging assistance tools.

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Don't see your role? Get in touch anyway - we're always looking for talented people.

Want to learn more about HackPulse?

Schedule a demo and see how we can help your hackathon succeed.