Available for select projects
Senior Software Engineer - building enterprise-scale cloud-native applications & production-ready AI systems.
I design software the way editors design magazines - every system readable, every detail deliberate.
Navinda is a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience architecting enterprise-scale, cloud-native web applications and production-ready AI systems - from healthcare platforms processing 1000+ daily transactions to RAG pipelines answering questions in under 60 milliseconds.
He specializes in React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript and Python, with deep experience across AWS and GCP, microservices, real-time systems, and applied AI/ML. Based in Colombo, working with teams across the US, Canada and Sri Lanka.
BSc (Hons) in Information Technology · Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) · 2019 - 2023
Nov 2023 - Present
Building cloud-native full-stack systems serving 1000+ users with 99.9% uptime - React/Next.js frontends, Node.js/FastAPI backends, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Redis.
ReactNext.jsNode.jsAWSAI/ML
Oct 2023 - Jan 2026
Developed production-grade full-stack applications for a real-time food redistribution platform connecting food banks, rescuers and meal programs.
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSWebSocket
May 2022 - Sep 2023
Shipped React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/FastAPI backends with TypeScript and Python across MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Redis.
ReactNext.jsNode.jsPythonAWS
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
Built React frontends following UI/UX best practices and designed Spring Boot RESTful services backed by MySQL and MongoDB.
ReactSpring BootMySQLMongoDB
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributed to ERP and LMS web apps - JavaScript/jQuery UI, AJAX features and CRUD operations with MSSQL/MySQL in an MVC architecture.
JavaScriptjQueryMySQLMSSQL
React · Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Motion · Redux · Zustand · MUI · SASS
Node.js · Express · NestJS · FastAPI · Python · REST · GraphQL · gRPC · WebSocket · Socket.IO · MeiliSearch
PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · DynamoDB · RDS · S3 · Prisma
AWS · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · GitLab Pipelines · Nginx · Vercel
LLMs · RAG · LangChain · OpenAI · Gemini · NLP · TensorFlow · Scikit-learn · Vector DBs
Git · Jest · Pytest · Postman · Figma · JetBrains · VS Code
3rd place in the Health category, Top 12 in the SEA NM Region (Asia)
Machine Learning Foundations & Cloud Technical Essentials
Published the VENIC (beta) extension to the Visual Studio Marketplace
Officially nominated by SLIIT as a representative for the global competition
Runner-up - “Reimagining Mobile Solutions for Enterprises”