Akila Sandakelum
Software Engineer at NAB
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAkila Sandakelum is a Melbourne-based software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, cloud-native systems and recommendation engines for high-growth platforms. He has led backend and full-stack development at organizations like Sysco LABS and Virtusa, architecting microservices, CI/CD pipelines on Kubernetes, and deploying deep-learning recommendation models to serve regionally distributed clients. At Sysco he initiated and shipped a deep-learning–based recommendation microservice from scratch, guiding the team on model deployment and high-availability strategies. Comfortable across Node.js, container orchestration, and production troubleshooting, he combines hands-on coding with technical leadership and customer-facing support. His academic background in computer science and a master's in cyber security and forensics inform a pragmatic approach to reliable, secure systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in IT (Hons), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in IT (Hons), Computer Science at University of MoratuwaMaliyadeva College, KurunegalaMaster of Cyber Security and Forensics, Computer Science, Master of Cyber Security and Forensics, Computer Science at University of Westminster
English, Sinhala, Tamil
Github Skills (6)
android7
flutter7
ios6
dart6
react-native6
mobile4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
BuildmLearn/Mobile-applications
May 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:179 commits, 159 pushes in 3 months
react-nativedartandroidiosmobile
Akila-Sandakelum/AdVid_Android
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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