Akalanka Weerasooriya
Senior Technical Lead at Sysco LABS Sri Lanka
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolAkalanka Weerasooriya is a Senior Technical Lead with eight years of experience building web services, machine learning, and distributed systems from Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has progressed through hands-on engineering roles into leadership at companies including Linear Squared, Circles.Life, and currently Sysco LABS Sri Lanka, consistently shipping production-grade systems. Comfortable spanning ML model work and backend architecture, he pairs an engineering MSc from the University of Moratuwa with practical experience in automation and robotics earlier in his career. Known for translating complex distributed computing problems into reliable services, he also mentors teams through technical growth and delivery challenges. His profile reflects a balance of research-oriented training and pragmatic product delivery, with a track record of stepping into technical lead roles quickly across fast-moving companies. Beyond titles, he brings an engineer’s curiosity—grounded in automation roots—that surfaces in system-level reliability improvements rather than just feature delivery.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc Computer Science, Master of Science - MSc Computer Science at University of MoratuwaDiploma in Management Accounting, Diploma in Management Accounting at The Chartered Institute of Management AccountantsD. S. Senanayake College
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Github Skills (68)
python10
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get-started10
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machine-learning10
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expressjs9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aawgit/onlineStore
Mar 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:87 commits, 34 PRs, 35 pushes in 3 years 8 months
apireactcrud-apiexpressjsexpress
aawgit/aawgit.github.io
Feb 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
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