Isuru Pathirana
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolIsuru Pathirana is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently leading systems and software development at Microsoft in Redmond. His background spans embedded systems, FPGA design and verification, and large-scale software engineering — bridging low-level hardware work from early roles (FPGA, VHDL, SystemVerilog) to senior engineering and architecture at a major cloud/software company. He holds a Master’s in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Auckland and began his career building real‑time localization prototypes and teaching core electronics and C++ fundamentals. Known for steadily rising through Microsoft from SDE to Principal, he blends hands‑on technical depth with mentorship and cross-discipline collaboration. A pragmatic problem solver, he brings both research-oriented curiosity and production-grade delivery experience to complex, performance-sensitive systems.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Auckland Grammar SchoolMaster of Engineering Computer Systems Engineering, Master of Engineering Computer Systems Engineering at The University of Auckland
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Github Skills (30)
ffmpeg9
python8
windows8
axis8
preload7
pytorch7
chrome-extension7
chrome7
fastai7
machine-learning7
gpu7
deep-learning7
video-encoding7
html6
ipcamera6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
isuru-c-p/jsmips
Jul 2012 - Aug 2013
Contributions:141 commits in 1 year 1 month
isuru-c-p/AsobiOtoko
Nov 2011 - May 2013
Contributions:25 commits in 1 year 6 months
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