Asitha De Silva
Staff Software Engineer at The Linux Foundation
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAsitha De Silva is a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with 12 years of experience building web applications and driving frontend architecture, particularly with Angular and TypeScript. At The Linux Foundation he designs and ships internal and external web systems using a mix of Angular, Node.js, Go and cloud tooling like AWS and CI systems. He brings practical full-stack chops from earlier roles—custom PHP/Rails sites, payment and API integrations, and devops work—alongside a knack for improving UX, evidenced by front-end contributions to an Angular Firebase auth component that tightened registration flows and accessibility features. Known for turning legacy stacks into maintainable products, he pairs hands-on coding with system-level thinking and a propensity for shipping usable interfaces. Based in Seattle, he blends enterprise-scale engineering with freelancer agility and a background that spans game and EdTech instruction, showing an unusual mix of user-focused design and backend reliability.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ruby on Rails, Ruby on Rails at Academy X San Francisco
English
Stackoverflow
183reputation
12kreached
5answers
9questions
Github Skills (21)
firebaseui10
angular-component10
typescript10
user-authentication10
authentication10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
angular10
ngxs9
material-components9
css9
material-design9
angular-material6
jasmine6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
AnthonyNahas/ngx-auth-firebaseui
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Angular Material UI component for firebase authentication
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 6 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Asitha primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and registration flow of the Angular-based Firebase authentication component. Their contributions included implementing Terms of Service and Privacy Policy acceptance within the registration form, adding autocomplete features for email and password fields, and making dynamic text updates for the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy links. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug related to account registration, ensuring a smoother user experience.
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Mediacauseagency/Classy
Mar 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
apiaccessibleapi-sintegrateshortcodes
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