Summary
Shabith Thennakone is a Senior Software Engineer based in Adelaide with over a decade of professional experience and a 16-year background in web and eCommerce technologies, specializing in React, Next.js, TypeScript and Adobe Commerce. He leads frontend architecture for high-profile eCommerce projects, driving headless integrations, performance optimizations and CI/CD improvements while mentoring teams and aligning technical solutions with business goals. Comfortable across the stack, he has a track record of helping startups ship MVPs and turning complex commerce requirements into scalable, maintainable systems. Known for blending pragmatic engineering with design sensibility (rooted in an early career in graphic and Flash development), he brings a strong eye for UX and long-term platform health to every project.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) in Computing and Information Systems, Computer Science, 2nd Upper, BSc (Hons) in Computing and Information Systems, Computer Science, 2nd Upper at London Metropolitan University
English, Sinhalese