Pauline P. Narvas

Developer Relations/Community leader with a track record across community strategy, developer education, event programming, and cross-functional leadership.


EXPERIENCE

06/2024 — 05/2026

Head of Community Platforms, Vercel

Led a global team of DX engineers focused on helping developers become Vercel experts.

07/2021 — 05/2024

Head of Community, Ona (formerly Gitpod)

Led the community team, managed community engineers, built the Ona (formerly Gitpod) community from zero, and launched global programs, events, and content that helped it scale.

01/2021 — 07/2021

Platform Engineer, Sky Betting & Gaming

Developed automation scripts, managed production applications, scaled infrastructure, and enhanced resilience using technologies like Kubernetes, AWS, and Docker.

07/2020 — 12/2020

Site Reliability Engineer, BT

Established cloud standards, and implemented initiatives to enhance system reliability, security, and cost efficiency.

09/2018 — 07/2020

Digital Engineering Graduate, BT

A two-year rotational program across the engineering organisation (architecture, software, platform and site reliability engineering)

PROJECTS

2024 — 2026

Vercel Community

Built the online space for the Vercel community across program members, customers, and partners, supporting live sessions, async discussion, moderation, GTM efforts, and engineering feedback loops.

2023 — 2024

Gitpod Community meet-up network

Built a global network of 15 meet-ups with 350 attendees and 600 members, including partnerships with AWS for three events.

2021 — 2024

Gitpod Community Heroes

Developed and launched an ambassador program to recognize and reward active contributors in the Gitpod community, successfully onboarding 30+ Heroes globally.

2021 — 2024

Gitpod Screencasts

Produced educational screencasts showcasing best practices and advanced features of Gitpod, resulting in a 33-video playlist that attracted over 15,000 views.

2021 — 2024

Gitpod Community

Built the community from zero to 40,000+ members and shaped it into a vibrant, high-trust space for users.