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Top SchoolSamith Dassanayake is an Engineering Manager based in Butzbach, Germany with 13 years of experience building and leading software teams across payments and middleware domains. He progressed through hands-on engineering and technical lead roles at WSO2 before joining Klarna, where he moved from Senior Engineer to Associate Engineering Manager and now leads engineering efforts as an Engineering Manager. Samith combines deep expertise in software architecture and design with practical delivery experience shipping production systems at scale. He is skilled at bridging technical strategy and team execution, coaching engineers while shaping resilient, maintainable systems. His background in computer science and steady upward trajectory reflect a blend of technical depth and people leadership uncommon in engineers who remain closely involved in architecture. Colleagues would describe him as a steady technical steward who turns complex requirements into pragmatic, well-architected solutions.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Dharmaraja College
English, Sinhalese