Pablo De Guzman
Founder & CTO at Okteto Inc
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolPablo De Guzman is a founder and CTO with 11+ years building cloud-native platforms, currently leading Okteto to simplify Kubernetes-based development workflows. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps with a research background (PhD and postdoc) in service orchestration and secure large-scale container deployments. Previously a tech lead at Docker and an early engineer at ElasticBox, he blends product-focused engineering with systems-level thinking across backend, CI/CD and multicloud tooling. An active community builder—organizing the 3,500-member Docker Madrid meetup—and open-source contributor, he also demos full-stack projects like a React+Node KubeCon-ready app that added resilient backend retries and rental workflows. His profile reflects an unusual mix of academic rigor, startup product execution, and grassroots developer advocacy.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Three years of my Bachelor degree. Computer Science, Three years of my Bachelor degree. Computer Science at Universidad de MurciaW19, W19 at Y CombinatorPh.D. Degree Software and Systems, Ph.D. Degree Software and Systems at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
Github Skills (15)
javascript10
nodejs10
react10
backend9
front-end-development9
back-end-development9
api8
docker8
mongodb-database8
dockers8
apidoc8
mongodb8
kubernetes-pods7
kubernetes7
go7
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
okteto/movies
Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
React + Node multi service application
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 54 commits, 81 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Pablo primarily focused on refactoring and improving the existing application. They renamed project components, and updated the frontend code, specifically modifying the appearance and functionality of the UI components. They made changes to the backend API by adding retries and implementing connection timeouts. Also, they made updates for the Kubecon demo, introducing new functionality for movie rentals and new UI designs.
react
okteto/node-websocket
Aug 2020 - Jul 2022
Example of a websocket-based application developed in Kubernetes with Okteto
Contributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 10 months
kubernetesoktetowebsocketnodejs
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