Achala Dissanayake
Co-Founder at Avantrio
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolAchala Dissanayake is a pragmatic senior engineer and co-founder with 10 years of experience building maintainable, scalable web products and delivery practices. Based in Colombo, she scaled Avantrio from a startup to a 40+ person studio and led a partial exit via merger while personally shipping 20+ projects and 15+ startup products for international clients. She blends backend and full‑stack expertise (Python, Django, JavaScript, React) with infrastructure and delivery leadership, prioritising clarity and user needs over hype. Comfortable switching between hands‑on engineering, operations, and strategy, she introduced internal tooling and workflows that measurably sped delivery and increased team autonomy. Her background includes smart contract development and teaching database systems, reflecting both practical product experience and a grounding in computer science education. She holds a First Class BSc in Computer Science and an MSc with distinction in Software Engineering, underscoring a strong mix of academic rigor and startup execution.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, First Class | GPA: 3.87/4.2, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, First Class | GPA: 3.87/4.2 at University of MoratuwaCertificate in Professional Computer Applications (CPCA), Computer Science, Merit Pass, Certificate in Professional Computer Applications (CPCA), Computer Science, Merit Pass at Open University of Sri LankaPhysical Science, Physical Science at Royal College ColomboMaster of Science (MSc), Software Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Software Engineering, Distinction at University of West London
English, Sinhala
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
incident-management8
uport7
php6
django-rest-framework6
spring-boot6
angularjs6
spring6
python6
django6
java6
cron6
scheduled-tasks6
crypto4
blockchain4
ethereum3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aijdissanayake/shopify-express-application
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:363 pushes, 14 branches in 2 months
aijdissanayake/DBMS_School_Admission
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:52 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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