Janaka Perera
Vice President - Software Architecture at Robotic Assistance Devices
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolJanaka Perera is a seasoned software architecture leader with 11 years of experience building high-performance, hardware-accelerated systems and distributed cloud-native services. Currently VP of Software Architecture, he blends deep CUDA and GPU micro-architecture expertise with hands-on experience in low-latency, mission-critical financial systems and post-trade risk platforms. He has a strong track record of leading agile teams, implementing controlled rollouts and A/B testing, and operationalizing 24x7 systems at scale. Janaka's background includes foundational roles at Microsoft and R&D work that contributed to award-winning central counterparty systems, reflecting both product-focus and engineering rigor. Comfortable across the full stack and familiar with Intel SIMD and FPGA HLS, he brings a rare mix of low-level hardware insight and cloud/microservices operational experience. Based in Colombo, he pairs pragmatic people leadership with a curiosity for emerging areas like ML and IoT, where he has driven early explorations.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
St. Peter's CollegeBSc (Hons) Information Systems, BSc (Hons) Information Systems at The Manchester Metropolitan University
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Github Skills (1)
micropython3
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Github contributions (2)
janakaclk/norway-general-practitioner
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 2 tags in 4 months
scientifichackers/ampy
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
MicroPython Tool - Utility to interact with a MicroPython board over a serial connection.
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 5 days
micropython
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