Manuja Desilva
Software Engineer at Fox Corporation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolManuja Desilva is a software engineer based in New York with nine years of experience building production web applications and data-driven features across media and finance. Currently at Fox Corporation, he brings practical expertise in full-stack development, Agile delivery, and backend integrations honed at John Hancock and earlier startups. He pairs a data science curiosity with hands-on hardware tinkering, reflecting a pragmatic blend of software, systems, and physical-device troubleshooting. His internship work migrating MongoDB queries to Elasticsearch and building end-to-end features with Grails, Vue.js, and Marionette demonstrates both backend optimization and frontend craftsmanship. Comfortable with rapid iteration and automation, he has also improved operational workflows through scripting and tooling. A writer and lifelong tinkerer, he combines clear communication with a habit of turning ad-hoc fixes into reusable components.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Boston UniversityAdvanced Regents Diploma and AP Scholar with Distinction, Advanced Regents Diploma and AP Scholar with Distinction at Staten Island Tech High School
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Github Skills (58)
flex10
aws10
html-webpack-plugin10
amazon10
webpack-bundle9
javascript9
authentication9
webpack9
chrome-extension9
typescript9
jwt9
oauth9
database9
rust9
storage-engine8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
laurajoyerb/Velozity
Mar 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:115 commits in 1 month
hack4impact/nextjs-base
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
A NextJS boilerplate repo with authentication, SCSS, and other essentials already baked in.
Contributions:2 reviews, 17 commits, 1 PR in 4 months
authenticationnextjs
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