Dananji Withana
Software Engineer at Indiana University Bloomington
Newark, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDananji Withana is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and testing software, currently contributing to projects at Indiana University Bloomington from Newark, California. He combines a collaborative, stakeholder-focused approach with a strong appetite for learning, honed through progressive roles from trainee to engineer at Embla Software Innovation and a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa. Comfortable across the development lifecycle, he emphasizes system design and pragmatic problem solving to deliver reliable solutions. His steady career progression reflects both technical competence and an ability to work effectively within teams and cross-functional processes. Based in the Bay Area, he brings practical experience in higher-education software environments that often demand careful stakeholder coordination and maintainability. Colleagues describe him as a team player who pairs curiosity with disciplined engineering practices.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Engineering at University of MoratuwaPHYSICAL SCIENCES, PHYSICAL SCIENCES at Anula Vidyalaya
English, Sinhalese
Github Skills (80)
pandora10
wave10
media-player10
audio-player10
react-player10
iiif10
audio10
transcoding10
audio-recorder10
cookbook10
mp310
foundation10
rails10
pulse10
flash10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
avalonmediasystem/react-structural-metadata-editor
May 2019 - Feb 2023
React Structural Metadata Editor component which allows a user to interact with structural metadata, adding, editing and deleting headers and timespans. Also presents a visual waveform representation of the work audio file, for help in navigating and identifying sections of the waveform.
Contributions:9 releases, 27 reviews, 208 commits in 3 years 9 months
representationreactsectionsaudio-filemetadata-editor
avalonmediasystem/react-iiif-media-player
Jul 2019 - Feb 2021
Exportable Yarn/NPM package which delivers a ReactJS IIIF media player and structured navigation component
Contributions:2 reviews, 72 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 6 months
playerreactopenseadragonyarnstructured
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