Ricky Ratnayake
Staff Software Engineer at TrendAI
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRicky Ratnayake is a Staff Software Engineer based in Sydney with 11 years of experience building cloud-native, full-stack systems and leading stream-aligned product and platform teams. He combines hands-on delivery—from embedding multi-region report generation pipelines and migrations from Ember to React to architecting event-driven ML integrations—with a focus on observability and measurable reductions in error and latency. At TrendAI he led i18n/l10n platform work and piloted AI-driven compliance and natural-language rule generation, automating large-content ingestion via CI/CD without disrupting content creators. Ricky blends technical leadership (quarterly planning, backlog scoping) with a stewardship mindset that prioritises respectful attention, team ownership, and delightful user experiences. He has repeatedly translated complex domain problems into practical, auditable systems across fintech, marketplaces, and security platforms, and holds advanced studies in complex systems and computer science. An understated strength is his pattern of shipping reusable platform libraries and operational runbooks that scale team velocity beyond individual projects.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at The University of EdinburghThe University of SydneyBachelor of Commerce - BCom, Finance, General, Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Finance, General at The University of Sydney Business School
Github Skills (68)
creator10
rpc-server10
retrofit10
http-server10
gateway10
thrift9
rpc-library9
micro-framework9
grpc9
websocket9
http9
http-client9
netty9
kotlin9
soa9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rickyrattlesnake/dotfiles
Oct 2016 - Oct 2024
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 1 month
rickyrattlesnake/dungeons-and-dragons
Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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