Jerad Rutnam
Senior Technical Lead - UI UX Front-end at WSO2
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolJerad Rutnam is a Senior Technical Lead specializing in UI/UX and front-end engineering with over a decade of hands-on experience building responsive, user-centric web applications. Currently leading front-end architecture and product UX at WSO2, he combines design sensibility with deep technical fluency in React, TypeScript, CI/CD, and modern build systems to own deliverables and mentor teams. He has a track record of initiating core UI projects, winning internal awards, and shaping product-level architectural decisions as a Product Lead Council member. An active open-source contributor, Jerad has improved both front-end and back-end code across prominent WSO2 repositories—tackling UI rendering, localization, and identity configuration nuances. He also shares his expertise as a guest lecturer on modern web development and holds an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering, blending academic rigour with pragmatic product delivery. Based in Colombo, he’s noted for turning complex identity and UX challenges into elegant, scalable interfaces that teams can maintain and extend.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Software Engineering, Diploma Computer Software Engineering at Pearson College LondonMaster of Science Advanced Software Engineering, Master of Science Advanced Software Engineering at University of WestminsterHigh School Diploma Intermediate/High School Education, High School Diploma Intermediate/High School Education at St. Peter's CollegeBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Sinhalese, English
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
back-end-development10
identity10
css10
typescript10
java10
javas10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
react10
mkdocs9
ui-design9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
wso2/docs-is
Mar 2019 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 84 commits, 103 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jerad primarily focused on enhancing the documentation site's front-end. Their contributions include initializing the folder structure, fixing code formatting issues, and adding a version select dropdown for improved navigation. They also implemented styling changes to improve the user interface and fixed a path issue for images within the documentation. Furthermore, the user addressed title display issues and incorporated code highlighting to enhance the visual presentation of code examples.
identity
wso2/identity-apps
May 2019 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:323 reviews, 995 commits, 600 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jerad primarily addressed UI and user experience issues within the WSO2 Identity Applications repository. They focused on fixing issues related to application rendering in development mode, build failures, and key prop omissions in various components within the developer portal and admin portal. Furthermore, the user implemented improvements to the governance connector pages and resolved a scroll overlapping issue. The user also worked on updating the code and fixing localization issues to improve the user experience of the system.
identity
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