Parkavi Kishokanth
Software Engineer at WSO2
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolParkavi Kishokanth is a software engineer with nine years of experience building cloud-native applications, RESTful APIs, and automated test suites using .NET, Java, JavaScript and Ballerina. At WSO2 she automated distribution updates and telemetry pipelines, built an Admin API in Ballerina backed by MySQL, and created analytics connectors that surface usage in Azure AppInsights. Her open-source contributions to the Ballerina platform emphasize back-end reliability and test automation—improving CLI commands and integration test coverage for widely used tooling. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks, she thrives in Agile teams delivering scalable POS and platform services while continuously refining CI/CD and test automation. Parkavi pairs a strong academic record with practical experience in observability and release automation, and brings a knack for turning tedious operational tasks into robust, repeatable services.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science, Computer Science, Second Upper, Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science, Computer Science, Second Upper at University of Jaffnaprimary and secondary, secondary education, primary and secondary, secondary education at Ramanathan Hindu Ladies CollegePostgraduate Certificate, Business Information Technology, 3.9, Postgraduate Certificate, Business Information Technology, 3.9 at Seneca PolytechnicDip in Management Accounting, management accounting, Dip in Management Accounting, management accounting at The Chartered Institute of Management AccountantsPostgraduate Degree, Information Technology, 3.9, Postgraduate Degree, Information Technology, 3.9 at Seneca College
Github Skills (14)
unit-testing10
compiler10
javas10
programming-language10
compiler-compiler10
ballerina10
testng10
java10
integration-testing10
testing10
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
fest4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ballerina-platform/ballerina-lang
Dec 2019 - Dec 2021
The Ballerina Programming Language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:15 reviews, 68 commits, 43 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Parkavi primarily contributed to improving the Ballerina Programming Language's codebase by addressing bugs, enhancing test coverage, and refining the compilation process. Their work focused on correcting failing integration and unit tests, specifically within the CLI and observability test suites. Key contributions include resolving issues in build processes, fixing command output, and updating test utilities. Furthermore, they worked on refining code to align with review suggestions and updating the executable jar names.
compilerprogramming-languageinterpreterballerinaballerina-lang
ballerina-platform/ballerina-distribution
Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 13 commits, 11 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Parkavi contributed significantly to the testing of the `ballerina-distribution` project. Their work involved creating and modifying test cases, primarily focusing on the "bal new" command and its related functionalities. The user added new test files and modified existing ones, demonstrating a focus on ensuring the command's correct operation through integration tests. This suggests a role in both back-end development (for the underlying command) and test automation.
ballerina
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