Kasun Buddika
Senior Manager, AI Engineering at Alamar Biosciences, Inc.
Hayward, California, United States
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Top SchoolKasun Buddika is a Senior Manager of AI Engineering with a decade of experience building cloud-native, event-driven systems that bridge R&D and production for biotech companies. He combines PhD-level expertise in genome, cell and developmental biology with hands-on software skills—designing Benchling-integrated analytics platforms, containerized pipelines, and CI/CD automations across AWS and Azure. At Alamar Biosciences he progressed from bioinformatics engineer to senior management by delivering scalable APIs, serverless workflows, and real-time data visualizations that accelerate antibody discovery and lab operations. Known for translating complex wet-lab needs into robust software, he also brought computational rigor to academic stem cell research, developing novel sample-preparation methods and analysis pipelines. Comfortable leading cross-functional teams, Kasun pairs scientific creativity with practical engineering to reduce time-to-insight for life-science organizations.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Cell and Developmental Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Cell and Developmental Biology at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor’s Degree Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor’s Degree Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of ColomboHigh School Diploma Biology/Biological Sciences General, High School Diploma Biology/Biological Sciences General at Sumana Central College, Thalawakelle, Sri Lanka
Sinhalese, English, Tamil
Github Skills (19)
shinyproxy6
google-sheets6
spring-boot5
excel5
shiny5
python5
java4
automation3
docker3
xlsx3
seq3
windows3
duende3
kubernetes2
macos2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jkkbuddika/RNA-Seq-Data-Analyzer
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 102 commits, 4 PRs in 11 months
jkkbuddika/eCLIP-Data-Analyzer
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 57 pushes in 9 months
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