Sarala Wimalaratne
Director Of Engineering at DataCite
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarala Wimalaratne is a Director of Engineering with over a decade of experience building scalable, data-intensive cloud services and leading cross-functional product and engineering teams. At DataCite she progressed from Director of Product Engineering to Director of Engineering, shaping technology strategy as an executive leader and board member while keeping delivery and resilience front and center. Her background at EMBL-EBI and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Auckland give her deep domain experience in research data systems and a strong footing in both engineering and scientific contexts. Known for mentoring teams and aligning roadmaps with organizational priorities, she blends hands-on technical judgment with strategic leadership. An often-overlooked strength is her ability to translate complex scientific requirements into pragmatic, long-lived software architectures that serve both immediate users and long-term sustainability.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Bioengineering, PhD, Bioengineering at University of Auckland
Github Skills (55)
tla10
rails-api10
doi10
schema-org10
structured-data10
rdf10
json-ld10
datacite9
markup9
schema9
specification9
api9
npm8
markdown8
json-schema8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
identifiers-org/registry
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Identifiers.org Registry
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 8 comments in 13 days
pharmml/lib-metadata
Feb 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:30 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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