Tharanga Nandasena

I'm a Software Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in web application development with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. I have worked with vanilla PHP, JavaScript and raw SQL for a long time and have maintained legacy software systems from the beginning of my career. My next career goal is to transition from software engineering to Data Science field with my recently gained knowledge and hand-n experience in Python, Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, Tensorflow and other development and visualization tools related to Data Science. I have successfully completed several certificate courses from IBM, DeepLearning.ai and AWS covering all the aspects of data science relevant to build a production grade machine learning applications.

Senior Software Engineer

Navilog Technology Pvt Ltd - 2019 - present

Worked for a Swedish client as the lead developer, developing a JavaScript application run on HTML 5 canvas. (Advertisement designing tool).

• Fabric.js library
• Responsive interface design with Bootstrap CSS and HTML 5
• Utilizing local browser storage
• REST communication with C# back-end
• Project management with Azure DevOps

Worked for Logistic Management system as the lead mobile application developer.

• React Native app
• TypeScript
• Google Firebase push notification
• Google Firebase app distribution
• Apple app store app deployment
• Project management with Azure DevOps
• Issue tracking with Jira and FreshDesk

Senior Software Engineer                                       January 2019 to June 2019

Crowderia Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka

Worked for a Swedish client as a back-end web developer.

• Yii PHP framework
• MySQL database management

Data Analyst                       2016 to 2019      Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Group (DSAI)

DSAI outsources me as the Data Analyst and Database administrator.

• Data wrangling and EDA
• Database management with SQL
• Model deployment and maintenance

Software Engineer                                                     2015 to 2016 – Sri Lanka

Business Test Methods Pte Ltd,  Singapore

Worked for a Singapore client as front-end and back-end developer for building an online test management application. 

• Yii PHP framework
• MySQL database management 
• Responsive UI design and development with Bootstrap CSS and HTML 5

Software Engineer                                                    2009 to 2015 -  Sri Lanka

Kraken Media Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka

Voxsmart – Stage 1: Worked for a UK client as the lead developer for building a backend system for a BlackBerry mobile application.

• Vanilla PHP project
• JavaScript
• MySQL database management
• Information extraction from app logs

Voxsmart – Stage 2: After successful completion of Voxmart Stage 1, the client handed over the stage 2 of the project.

• Vanilla PHP
• MySQL database
• Role based access control functionality
• UI revamp

Prep  Zone: Worked for Singapore client as the lead developer for their Question bank management system for online testing platform.

• PHP backend components, and plugin development (Joomla)
• MySQL database management

Front-end template designing

Bachelor of Science - University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka - 2008

Post Graduate Diploma in IT - University of Colombo - 2015