Nimila Samarasinghe
Senior Technical Lead at Applova Inc.
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolNimila Samarasinghe is a Senior Technical Lead with 11 years of software engineering experience and a 7+ year focus on Java, Android, REST APIs and payments, currently leading end-to-end mobile, web and API platforms at Applova Inc. She has deep expertise in POS, kiosk and payment gateway integrations, pairing backend skills (Spring, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) with cross-platform mobile development (React Native, Android) to deliver merchant-facing commerce solutions. Nimila’s career progressed through multiple leadership roles at the same company, showing she scales responsibility while retaining hands-on coding and architecture ownership. Beyond engineering, she blends technical judgment with business acumen—holding a CIMA certificate and a B.Eng from the University of Westminster—which informs pragmatic, product-aligned decisions. Her background in graphic design and early UX work gives her an edge in building user-centric interfaces for payment and retail experiences. Based in Colombo, she’s passionate about turning complex integrations into reliable, scalable systems that exceed client expectations.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
EDUCATION, EDUCATION at University of WashingtonAccounting and Business/Management, Accounting and Business/Management at CIMABachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Second Upper Honours, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Second Upper Honours at University of WestminsterScience, Advanced Level, Science, Advanced Level at Richmond College
Sinhalese, English
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Github Skills (66)
mobile-development10
react-native-ios10
app-framework10
cross-platform10
android10
mobile10
ios10
react-native10
react10
validation9
phone-number9
gridview9
validating9
google-sign-in9
formatting9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nHiRanZ/nHiRanZ.github.io
Apr 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
nHiRanZ/Torrent-To-Google-Drive-Downloader-v2
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Simple notebook to stream torrent files to Google Drive using Google Colab and python3.
Contributions:2 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 days
pythongoogle-colabnotebookgoogle-drivetorrent-stream
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