Dinith Wannigama
Backend Software Engineer at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDinith Wannigama is a backend software engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable services, currently contributing to Canva’s backend platform from Sydney. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Software Engineering from the University of Auckland and progressed from internships and research roles into production engineering. Dinith’s background includes hands-on work at 9 Spokes and research at the University of Auckland, giving him a blend of product-focused engineering and academic rigor. Known for a practical, code-first approach (and a succinct GitHub bio of “Woof”), he values shipping reliable systems and clear, maintainable backend services. Colleagues describe him as steady under pressure and curious about system design trade-offs.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Auckland Grammar SchoolBachelor of Engineering (Honours), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Software Engineering at The University of Auckland
Github Skills (4)
planning7
javascript5
react5
collaboration4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Dinith1/Dinith1
Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
Dinith1/Doto
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Todo application for Group 2
Contributions:16 pushes, 4 branches in 6 days
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