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Building What's Next
Currently focused on enterprise AI integrations, scalable data pipelines, and cloud-native architecture. Open to senior engineering and technical leadership opportunities in Toronto and beyond.
Career Systems Timeline
Aug 2025 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
Hexaware Technologies, Colombo
Enterprise ETL platform and AI application development at scale.
Challenge
Enterprise clients needed a unified platform to integrate ServiceNow and CrowdStrike data with analytics-ready pipelines, alongside an AI-powered knowledge assistant.
System
Built core ETL components transforming and indexing data into Elasticsearch. Contributed to Sensei, an enterprise AI app using LangChain and Azure OpenAI. Implemented SSO and RBAC via Azure Active Directory.
Outcome
Delivered reliable data pipelines powering analytics for downstream systems. Enabled secure, role-based access across the platform with enterprise-grade authentication.
TypeScript
Node.js
Elasticsearch
Azure
Azure OpenAI
LangChain
Azure AD
Aug 2024 – Jul 2025
Software Engineer
PoloVentures, Toronto
White-labeled Web3 quest platform with on-chain interactions.
Challenge
Web3 projects lacked a scalable, white-labeled quest platform for community engagement with automated social verification and on-chain reward distribution.
System
Architected and delivered Questy, a multi-tenant Web3 quest platform on Next.js and Google Cloud. Integrated X (Twitter) API for automated quest verification. Led offshore Solidity smart contract development.
Outcome
Eliminated manual quest validation, improved user trust, and enabled secure on-chain interactions for multiple Web3 clients through a single white-labeled deployment.
Next.js
TypeScript
Google Cloud
Solidity
Ethereum
REST APIs
2024
Graduate Diploma in Information Systems, Business Analysis
George Brown College, Toronto
Specialized in business analysis methodologies and information systems management.
Jul 2022 – Jul 2024
Senior Software Engineer
DirectFN
Led a 12-member engineering team delivering enterprise FinTech initiatives across MENA.
Challenge
Financial institutions across the MENA region needed modernized content management and publishing platforms that met strict regulatory and compliance requirements.
System
Designed a modular CMS platform using React, Node.js, and Docker. Managed five parallel delivery streams. Led on-site team for the Kuwait Stock Exchange, guiding critical feature development and stakeholder collaboration.
Outcome
Streamlined financial content publishing workflows. Strengthened long-term client engagements through direct stakeholder collaboration. Delivered on-time and on-budget across all five delivery streams.
React
Node.js
Docker
JavaScript
Microservices
CI/CD
Jul 2020 – Jun 2022
Software Engineer
DirectFN, Colombo
Real-time FinTech web applications serving 100,000+ daily users.
Challenge
The Boursa Kuwait web platform needed real-time market data delivery, bilingual support (English/Arabic), and consistent financial UI components across multiple products.
System
Developed and maintained FinTech web applications with reusable financial UI components. Built real-time data visualization widgets. Resolved production issues during live market conditions and optimized performance.
Outcome
Delivered reliable real-time market data to 100,000+ daily users. Standardized design across products with reusable components. Enabled seamless English and Arabic localization.
React
JavaScript
MongoDB
REST APIs
2020
Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics with Data Science
University of London
Applied data science and analytics to business decision-making.
Feb 2019 – Jun 2020
Associate Software Engineer
MillionSpaces, Colombo
Production-grade e-commerce marketplace with booking and payments.
Challenge
MillionSpaces needed a scalable e-commerce marketplace to handle space discovery, booking, and payment workflows for coworking spaces, event venues, and more.
System
Developed a production-grade marketplace with end-to-end booking and payment flows using Stripe. Deployed scalable infrastructure on AWS and Firebase. Guided a team of interns on web technologies.
Outcome
Supported platform growth and operational reliability. The platform won the Best Disruptor Award at SLASSCOM Innovation Awards.
React
JavaScript
AWS
Firebase
Stripe
Oct 2018 – Jan 2019
Software Engineering Trainee
MillionSpaces, Colombo
Search optimization and data analytics for platform decision-making.
Challenge
The platform's search was underperforming and the team lacked visibility into key business metrics for strategic decision-making.
System
Implemented Apache Solr to overhaul the search engine. Built data dashboards using MySQL and Google Data Studio to surface actionable business insights.
Outcome
Improved search performance by 20%. Enabled data-driven decision-making for senior management through automated analytics dashboards.
Node.js
MySQL
Apache Solr
Google Data Studio
2018
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Software Engineering
University of Bedfordshire
First Class Honors
2014
Primary and Secondary Education
Royal College, Colombo