Lanchana Shivananda is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in front-end and full-stack development using ReactJS, Angular, and React Native, currently driving projects at Mastercard. She has a proven history of leading migrations from legacy systems to modern frameworks and improving application performance and UX, with hands-on experience across both UI and backend code. Her open-source work includes significant contributions to BitPay's bitcore and wallet repositories, where she implemented and tested complex Bitcoin transaction logic and enhanced wallet UI and connectivity features. Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams, she pairs product-focused development with post-production support and a continuous learning mindset from formal training at General Assembly and an MCA in Computer Science. Notably, she blends blockchain domain experience with mainstream enterprise engineering, making her adept at bridging security-sensitive fintech features with user-friendly interfaces.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Computer Science at PES University
Web Development Immersive, Web Development Immersive at General Assembly
Bachelor's degree Computer Applications, Bachelor's degree Computer Applications at S.S.M.R.V. College
A full stack for bitcoin and blockchain-based applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 28 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Lanchana primarily contributed to the `bitcore-lib` library, implementing and testing transaction functionalities, particularly those related to witness and multi-signature transactions. Their work involved creating and modifying unit tests to cover various scenarios involving different types of signatures, including p2wsh and nested witness transactions. The user also focused on ensuring the serialization and deserialization processes of transactions work correctly.
Bitpay Wallet (formerly Copay) is a secure Bitcoin and other crypto currencies wallet platform for both desktop and mobile devices.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:45 commits, 4 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Lanchana primarily focused on front-end development, modifying UI components and integrating them into the BitPay Wallet application. They worked on features related to sharing, settings, and the user interface of the home screen, including implementing survey cards and improving wallet connect functionality. The commits also touched on back-end aspects with modifications to the incoming data provider and invoice-related implementations. The user's contributions span both the front-end and back-end to enhance the wallet's usability and functionality.
currencieswalletsegwitcrypto-currenciessecure
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Lanchana Shivananda - Senior Software Engineer at Mastercard