Summary
Laís Carvalho is a Growth Marketing and Developer Advocate with seven years of experience bridging developer communities and product teams, currently at Pydantic. Originally trained as a civil and environmental engineer in Brazil, she pivoted into Information Technology and now combines field-tested problem solving with technical advocacy across Python, NLP, ML and operating systems. She has a strong track record in DevRel—organising conferences and meetups, writing technical docs, conducting user research, and lowering barriers to Python through community leadership in PyLadies Dublin and Python Ireland. At Workday she strengthened observability and cloud migration efforts as an SRE/software engineer, and previously advocated for open-source platforms like QHub and Kedro at QuantumBlack. Known for blending hands-on engineering with empathetic community building, she also co-founded MidMeetPy and hosts events that make technical topics accessible. Based in Leinster, she brings an uncommon mix of engineering design experience, academic research exposure at Trinity College Dublin, and practical DevRel expertise.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Dorset College Dublin
2nd year Bachelor's degree Engineering Technology General, 2nd year Bachelor's degree Engineering Technology General at Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology at CCT College Dublin
1st year Bachelor of Management Engineering General Studies, 1st year Bachelor of Management Engineering General Studies at Unichristus
Spanish, Portuguese, English