Isuru Liyanage
Senior Software Engineer at European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIsuru Liyanage is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years' experience specializing in Java back-end systems and comfortable across the full stack, currently building bioinformatics services at EMBL-EBI in Cambridge. He combines production-grade engineering with a strong academic foundation—Master’s in Computer Science (Gold Medal, GPA 4.0) and a First Class BSc in EECE—bringing rigorous problem-solving to product delivery. His career spans fintech and telecom domains where he progressed from engineer to associate tech lead, developing resilient services and mentoring peers. Known as “in love with Java,” he also applies Python and JavaScript pragmatically to integrate tools and accelerate delivery. Noteworthy is his ability to bridge research-oriented environments and production operations, making complex scientific data platforms reliable and user-facing.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Gold Medal with GPA 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, Gold Medal with GPA 4.0 at University of MoratuwaHigh School, Physical Sciences, Advanced Level 3 A's, Island Rank - 18, District Rankd - 2, High School, Physical Sciences, Advanced Level 3 A's, Island Rank - 18, District Rankd - 2 at Maris stella College
Sinhala, English
Github Skills (74)
taxonomy10
sentiment-analysis10
nlp10
database10
derived10
tricks10
sentiment10
asynchronous10
ajv10
bioinformatics10
wordcloud9
validation9
json-schema9
netty9
validations9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
theisuru/sentiment-tagger
Mar 2019 - May 2022
Sinhala news comment sentiment analysis
Contributions:28 commits, 5 PRs, 24 pushes in 3 years 2 months
nlpjobsearchsinhalasentimenttricks
EBIBioSamples/cohort-atlas
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 reviews, 10 PRs, 33 pushes in 2 years
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