Pavel Avgustinov is a seasoned software engineering leader with eight years of industry experience and a DPhil in Computer Science from Oxford, currently driving developer productivity as Tech Lead for Meta’s Developer Products. He previously served as VP of Software Engineering at GitHub, where he led code intelligence, CodeQL, code scanning and semantic code initiatives that underpin large-scale developer tooling and security products. Pavel combines deep research roots in trace monitoring with hands-on platform leadership from his time at Semmle and GitHub, bridging formal methods and practical engineering. Based in South Oxfordshire, he’s known for making developer workflows smarter with AI-enabled features and quietly contributes to tooling ecosystems that power code review and secure development at scale.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Computer Science, DPhil Computer Science at University of Oxford
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