Ruwanka De Silva
Senior Backend Engineer at Zalando
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolRuwanka De Silva is a Senior Backend Engineer based in Berlin with 11 years of experience building and modernizing large-scale cloud-native systems, currently driving backend development at Zalando. He combines deep expertise in Java, Spring, TDD, and CI/CD with hands-on experience porting monoliths to Kubernetes and AWS ECS, having progressed from trainee to technical lead roles. Known for clear cross-level communication and calm decision-making under pressure, he excels at designing resilient architectures and embedding test-driven practices into delivery pipelines. A First Class BSc in IT from the University of Moratuwa underpins a disciplined engineering approach, and his career trajectory reflects both technical depth and team leadership in production-critical environments.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Information Technology, First Class, Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Information Technology, First Class at University of MoratuwaDharmasoka College
English, Sinhalese
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Github Skills (51)
gitlab-ci9
docker9
xmlhttprequest9
google-chrome-extension9
api-platform7
maven6
postman6
gitlab6
spring-web6
html6
dockerhub6
okhttp6
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ruwanka/qLaunch
Mar 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:7 releases, 8 pushes, 8 tags in 2 years 2 months
ruwanka/EzURL2QR
Jul 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:22 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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