Samitha Jayathilake
Software Engineering Lead at MoRe-Life GmbH
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSamitha Jayathilake is a software engineering lead with 14 years of experience building scalable, test-driven backend services and leading cross-functional teams across Germany’s tech scene. He combines hands-on engineering—refactoring parsers and improving XML parsing in notable open-source projects like Catrobat/Catroid—with pragmatic leadership that prioritizes maintainability, performance, and timely delivery. At Laserhub and other firms he balanced feature velocity with technical debt management, CI/CD and infrastructure concerns while coaching engineers and shaping Agile processes. Currently leading engineering at MoRe-Life, he focuses on simple, iterative solutions that unlock long-term innovation and developer growth. His academic background in European Masters in Software Engineering and work on data-visualization research signal a strong foundation in both systems and UX-sensitive design. Colleagues describe him as a practical problem-solver who elevates team capabilities through deliberate delegation and continuous process experimentation.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Information Processing Scicnce, Master’s Degree Information Processing Scicnce at University of OuluMaster's degree European Masters in Software Engineering, Master's degree European Masters in Software Engineering at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Sinhalese, English, German, Finnish
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Github Skills (6)
javas10
android10
xml-parsing10
java10
exception-handling9
refactoring8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Catrobat/Catroid
Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Writing programs on an Android device without prior knowledge.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:83 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Samitha implemented a new header parser, addressing dependency issues with header tags within the Android application. They also refactored and added exception handling for parsing errors within the code. Their contributions involved creating methods to dynamically retrieve objects with parsed values and integrating these changes to the project's XML parsing functionality.
android
AntidoteDB/antidote-jupyter-notebook
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:54 commits in 3 months
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