Dilina Dehigama
Doctoral Researcher at The University of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDilina Dehigama is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Edinburgh with a decade of software engineering experience focused on the intersection of microservices and serverless computing. She blends academic research with practical delivery, having co-founded a product-focused startup, taught web development, and contributed to research labs and open-source projects like DroneSym during Google Summer of Code. Comfortable leading teams and mentoring at scale, she has served in leadership roles from IEEE student governance to lecturing and tutoring university courses. Her background spans embedded systems research, full-stack web and mobile development, and real-world startup strategy and partnerships. Based in Edinburgh, she pairs first-class undergraduate training with rigorous PhD-level inquiry and a hands-on drive to “code your own future.” An underappreciated strength is her consistent engagement in mentoring and community programs that bridge education and industry.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (Informatics), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (Informatics) at The University of EdinburghBSc (Hons) in, Computer Science, (First Class), BSc (Hons) in, Computer Science, (First Class) at University of ColomboBCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma, Computer Science, BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma, Computer Science at BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITCombined Mathematics , Physics , Information & Communication Technology, Combined Mathematics , Physics , Information & Communication Technology at Kingswood College Kandy
English
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Github Skills (118)
previews10
infinite-scroll10
parallax10
stress-testing10
performance-testing10
google-cloud10
load-testing10
benchmarking10
locust10
paths10
external10
javascript9
grpc9
scalable9
skaffold9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dilinade/Car_Renting_Platform_MEAN
Apr 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:32 PRs, 45 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 7 months
dilinade/chemifree
Jun 2018 - Nov 2021
Organic Food Trading platform
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
foodtradingpython35python3organic
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