Eranga Heshan
Lead Software Engineer at Acerta
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Top SchoolEranga Heshan is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance, highly available systems, currently working at Acerta in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has a strong track record at companies like Novade Solutions and Sysco LABS, delivering scalable solutions under Agile Scrum and quickly adapting to evolving technical challenges. Trained as a Computer Science & Engineering graduate from the University of Moratuwa, he combines rigorous engineering foundations with practical problem-solving and cross-functional communication skills. Known as a fast learner and collaborative teammate, he consistently focuses on reliability and performance while navigating complex distributed systems. An unusual strength is his parallel grounding in accounting and business via the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, which helps him balance technical trade-offs with business-oriented decision making.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Engineering Honors (Washington Accord Accredited), Computer Science & Engineering, B.Sc. Engineering Honors (Washington Accord Accredited), Computer Science & Engineering at University of MoratuwaChartered Accountancy, Accounting and Business/Management, Chartered Accountancy, Accounting and Business/Management at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri LankaPrimary Education, Physics Stream, Primary Education, Physics Stream at Dharmasoka College - Sri Lanka
English, Sinhala
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Github Skills (82)
nestjs10
rest9
database9
streaming9
docker9
graphql9
storm9
typescript9
android9
nodejs9
windows8
apache-storm8
ios8
macos8
apache8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ErangaHeshan/HackerRank
Oct 2016 - Oct 2020
Algorithmic problems
Contributions:14 PRs, 17 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years
leetcodeproblemsalgorithmiccompetitive-programmingdata-structures
ErangaHeshan/NodeOrientedScheduler
Dec 2016 - Jan 2021
This is a custom scheduler for storm. It can identify each an every node of the cluster with an unique id and then handover job tasks to specific nodes.
Contributions:4 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 1 month
schedulernodesjobstormcluster
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