Rakhitha Ranathunge
Technical Lead at WSO2
Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolRakhitha Ranathunge is a Technical Lead at WSO2 with nine years of software engineering experience and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Moratuwa. He blends full‑stack development and database engineering, contributing to core WSO2 projects like carbon-apimgt and the docker-apim tooling where he improved front-end UX and hardened database schemas for API management. Progressing from Software Engineer to Technical Lead within the same company, he pairs hands‑on coding and schema design with team leadership and delivery ownership. Based in Sri Lanka, he’s known for pragmatic refactors and incremental improvements that reduce technical debt while enabling identity and access management features. An early background in student leadership hints at strong organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Engineering Computer Science and Engineering, B.Sc. Engineering Computer Science and Engineering at University of MoratuwaPhysical Sciences, Physical Sciences at Ananda College, Colombo 10.Taxila Maha Vidyalaya - HoranaAccounting and Business/Management, Accounting and Business/Management at Imperial College of Business Studies
English, Sinhala
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Github Skills (25)
api-management10
javascript10
mysql10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
sql10
database-design10
react10
apidoc9
api9
docker8
graphql8
docker-compose8
wordpress-graphql8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
wso2/docker-apim
Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
Docker and Docker Compose resources for WSO2 API Manager
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:23 releases, 71 reviews, 61 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Rakhitha primarily focused on updating database schemas and configurations within the Docker-based API Manager project. They modified SQL scripts to include new tables, indexes, and data definitions, likely enhancing functionality and potentially performance. The changes include new tables related to configuration management, remote fetching, and user functionality, indicating work on core identity and access management features. The commits suggest a focus on database-related aspects of the WSO2 API Manager, particularly around data persistence and management.
dockerdocker-composewso2-api-managerapi-management
wso2/carbon-apimgt
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:235 reviews, 204 commits, 221 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Rakhitha primarily contributed to the front-end components within the WSO2 Carbon API Management project, focusing on the publisher and store portals. Their work includes adding features like API state display chips, improving GraphQL functionality, and fixing UI issues related to API listing. They also addressed several eslint issues, refactored code, and made minor improvements to the API definition and documentation, indicating involvement across multiple areas of the project's front-end.
api-management
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