Dakshika Jayathilaka
Full Stack Engineer UX Consultant at Freelance
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolDakshika Jayathilaka is a Full Stack Engineer and UX consultant with 12+ years delivering production-grade web applications and design-led engineering across SaaS, fintech, and manufacturing. She builds end-to-end solutions using React, Next.js and Angular, and pairs them with resilient backends, GraphQL/REST APIs, serverless functions and CI/CD-driven deployments on Vercel/AWS. Known for bridging UX and engineering, she has led shared component libraries, large-scale Angular migrations, and measurable product improvements (including a 70% increase in install ratio at a previous role). An active contributor to WSO2 projects, her open-source work focuses on frontend UX refinements and theming that improve documentation and admin experiences. She also mentors university students and has a background in teaching and UX leadership, which informs her collaborative, research-driven approach to product design and technical strategy.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), ICT, First Class, Bachelor of Science (BSc), ICT, First Class at University of Colombo School of ComputingDiploma, Marketing Management, Diploma, Marketing Management at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
English, Sinhalese, Tamil
Github Skills (13)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
bootstra10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
bootstrap10
documentation10
integrations9
graphical-user-interface9
integrate9
interface-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
wso2/msf4j
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
WSO2 Microservices Framework for Java (MSF4J)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:93 commits, 9 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Dakshika primarily contributed to the frontend of the WSO2 Microservices Framework for Java (MSF4J) project. They added and modified CSS styles, specifically for the frontend-admin and frontend-user samples within the petstore microservices. These changes included adding new styles, and modifications to existing CSS files.
javawso2microservices
wso2/jaggery
Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
The delicious Javascript framework
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Dakshika primarily focused on improving the user interface and user experience of the Jaggery framework's documentation and sample applications. Their commits addressed broken links, typos, and accessibility issues, updating various partials within the theme. The changes included fixing mailing list links and adding a feature for the tryit functionality while also updating the documentation.
javascript-frameworkjavascriptdeliciousframework
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