Summary
Channa Somathilaka is an expert software engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building and deploying enterprise-grade systems, currently driving delivery at Zühlke Group in Singapore. A University of Moratuwa computer science graduate (Second Class Upper), he has progressed from intern roles to senior and expert engineering positions across domains including fintech, IoT, and blockchain-enabled loyalty systems. He has led practical projects such as Node.js upgrades, API test automation and CI/CD pipelines, sentiment and comment categorization integrations, and AWS-based system installations. Comfortable in both research and production settings, he blends backend engineering, integration work and automation to turn complex requirements into reliable solutions. Notably, his background includes contributing to open-source community efforts during a Google Summer of Code placement and sustained involvement with the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science and Engineering, Second Class Upper Division, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science and Engineering, Second Class Upper Division at University of Moratuwa
St. Anne's College
English, Sinhalese