Summary
Shanaka Rusith is a Staff Engineer based in Berlin with a decade of hands-on experience building full-stack web and backend systems across startups and product teams. Self-taught since age 16, he has progressed from trainee roles to senior and principal engineering positions, shipping payment integrations, inventory and order systems, and large-scale background services for e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms. His toolkit spans TypeScript, Node.js, React, JavaScript, .NET, MySQL, MongoDB and big-data tools, and he has repeatedly owned end-to-end features from architecture through production. At Moonfare he now operates at staff level after leading engineering work at arive and Pretzel, bringing both rapid delivery and systems thinking. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge frontend ergonomics with robust backend processes—an engineer comfortable "doing anything" who pairs breadth with deep delivery experience.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
diploma in IT Information Technology, diploma in IT Information Technology at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Certificate BiologyChemistry and Physics, Certificate BiologyChemistry and Physics at st thomas college
English, Sinhalese