Summary
Deshan Dissanayake is a Technical Lead and full-stack software engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience and over 9 years building web applications, embedded firmware, and AWS infrastructure. He has delivered mission-critical solutions for ASX 50 clients in oil & gas and mining—Woodside, South32 and Newmont—and government organisations in Western Australia, blending field-focused R&D with cloud-native architectures. Comfortable across TypeScript, Python, PHP, C/C++ and Java, he moves between low-level embedded work and scalable backend systems, often owning end-to-end delivery. Based in Perth, he combines formal software engineering training with leadership credentials in management, and an unusual track record of running a local IT consultancy while leading technical teams, which gives him strong client-facing and operational instincts.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Software Engineering at SLIIT
Advanced Diploma in Leadership & Management, Advanced Diploma in Leadership & Management at Stanley College
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Software Engineering at Curtin University
English, Sinhalese