Summary
Heshantha Don is a mobile application developer with eight years of experience specialising in iOS (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C) and cross-platform work using React Native, having delivered products in fintech, education and marine domains. He has a track record of improving app architecture and performance—refactoring large codebases to MVVM, introducing Xcode Cloud CI/CD, and resolving memory leaks through profiling. Comfortable working directly with stakeholders, he contributes across the full development lifecycle from planning and prototyping to deployment and post-release improvements, and enjoys mentoring and code reviews. His background includes building secure banking features (RSA, SSL pinning, Keychain) and shipping the Raymarine smart-boat companion and Pearson Plus educational app. Now based in Bristol and currently at Open Bionics, he also builds side projects and writes technical articles, signalling a continuous-learning mindset paired with practical product focus.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation degree HNDip. Computing and System Development, Foundation degree HNDip. Computing and System Development at Pearson Online Academy UK Global
Bachelor’s Degree (Top-Up) BEng. (Hons) in Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree (Top-Up) BEng. (Hons) in Software Engineering at London Metropolitan University
High School G.C.E (Advance Level), High School G.C.E (Advance Level) at Maliyadeva College
English, Sinhala