Akalanka Ekanayake
Digital Content Creator
Glasgow, Scotland, Sri Lanka
Summary
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Top SchoolAkalanka Ekanayake is a Digital Content Creator and Full-Stack PHP developer with 8 years of professional experience building secure, scalable web applications using Laravel, WordPress, and modern frameworks. He combines hands-on software engineering with cybersecurity expertise—recognized by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and eBay for uncovering critical vulnerabilities—to harden applications and migrate legacy systems into optimized solutions. Based in Glasgow with roots in Sri Lanka, he has held roles from associate engineer to software engineer and cybersecurity specialist, currently splitting time between digital content at SeaArt and security work at Cyberscap. Comfortable across the stack, he emphasizes performance, secure coding practices, and practical threat remediation. Active on GitHub as @Akalanka1337, he pairs public contributions with real-world penetration findings that inform his development decisions. His background in digital marketing adds a user-focused perspective to technical solutions, bridging product, security, and growth.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
ICBT CampusDiploma of Education, Digital Marketing, Diploma of Education, Digital Marketing at ESOFT Metro CampusUniversity of Colombo School of Computing
English, Sinhala
Stackoverflow
181reputation
2.7mreached
15answers
4questions
Github Skills (62)
url-shortener10
color-picker10
uploading10
ocr10
html2canvas10
ftp10
image-annotation10
telegraph10
offline-app10
gif10
screen-recorder10
file-sharing10
screeps10
imgur10
file-upload10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
akalankauk/akalankauk.github.io
Sep 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:97 commits, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
akalankauk/Foxss-XSS-Penetration-Testing-Tool
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes in 8 months
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