Paula Gombar
Lead Scheduling Hand at Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPaula Gombar is a software engineer with a decade of experience building backend and DevOps solutions, including significant contributions to Microsoft's Azure Linux Agent and Azure Functions host. She blends production-grade backend engineering with operational insight—fixing encoding and cgroup PID issues, adding telemetry, and hardening runtime behavior for cloud deployments. After a multi-year tenure at Microsoft she shifted to seasonal leadership roles in ski-resort operations, currently serving as Lead Scheduling Hand in Whistler while on a broader career break pursuing personal interests. Comfortable in cross-cultural teams from Vancouver to Wanaka and with advanced CS degrees from Zagreb and Radboud, she brings both rigorous academic grounding and pragmatic problem-solving. An active open-source contributor, Paula’s work demonstrates attention to resilience and observability that often surfaces behind the scenes but materially improves cloud reliability.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Aalborg UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u ZagrebuMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Radboud UniversityRenewable Energy, Renewable Energy at Háskóli ÍslandsHigh School Mathematics, High School Mathematics at V. gimnazija
Spanish, Croatian, French, English
Github Skills (23)
python10
net10
azure-functions10
linux10
dotnet10
microsoft-azure10
asp-net10
dotnet-core10
systemd10
azure10
csharp10
telemetry10
cgroups10
testing9
xunit9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/WALinuxAgent
Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Microsoft Azure Linux Guest Agent
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:7 releases, 290 reviews, 91 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Paula primarily contributed to improving the Azure Linux Agent, focusing on bug fixes, version upgrades, and adding features. They addressed issues with UTF-8 encoding, implemented API for systemd-managed cgroups, and fixed PID tracking for cgroups. Additionally, the user introduced telemetry events for HostGAPlugin and cgroup related actions, as well as made changes related to improved host plugin retries, demonstrating a strong understanding of both the backend logic and operational aspects of the agent.
agentguest-agentlinuxmicrosoft-azureazure
Azure/azure-functions-host
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
The host/runtime that powers Azure Functions
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 26 commits, 17 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Paula primarily focused on improving the Azure Functions host, specifically addressing file system read-only issues and refining the behavior of the application in different deployment scenarios. Contributions included refining the logic for detecting zip deployments and ensuring correct behavior based on environment variables. The user also implemented and tested modifications to the functions controller, including validations for file system access and the handling of function updates. These changes improve the robustness of the Azure Functions runtime environment.
hostazure-functionsserverlesspowersruntime
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