Nishen Peiris is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and leading engineering teams across Sri Lanka’s tech sector. He progressed from hands-on software roles at Mad Mobile and CAKE Engineering to technical leadership and now a senior staff position at Econsulate, demonstrating strong full-stack and delivery capabilities. A University of Peradeniya computer engineering graduate, Nishen blends formal engineering training with practical experience in product, healthcare, and logistics domains, including an internship at GE’s ShipXpress. He contributes to OpenMRS and freelances, reflecting a commitment to open-source and diverse real-world projects beyond his day job. Colleagues describe him as a developer who moves fluidly between code and architecture, often mentoring peers while driving measurable product impact. An underappreciated strength is his sustained ownership across multiple concurrent roles, showing an ability to manage complexity and deliver in resource-constrained environments.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Engineering (BSc Eng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Engineering (BSc Eng), Computer Engineering at University of Peradeniya
Computer programming (C#, ASP.Net, HTML, and CSS), Adobe Photoshop and Basic Computer Hardware, Information Technology, Computer programming (C#, ASP.Net, HTML, and CSS), Adobe Photoshop and Basic Computer Hardware, Information Technology at Electro Technical Institute, Negombo
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Nishen Peiris - Senior Staff Software Engineer at Econsulate