Vajira Prabuddhaka
Associate Technical Lead
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolVajira Prabuddhaka is an Associate Technical Lead with 10 years of experience building and optimizing cloud-native API platforms, currently driving work at WSO2 in Colombo. He combines backend engineering and test automation expertise—contributing unit tests and fixes to the prominent open-source Choreo Connect API gateway—with hands-on performance tuning, memory analysis, and zero-downtime migrations. His background spans Go, Java, Kubernetes, Envoy, MongoDB and Azure integrations, and he has led efforts to revamp persistence and dynamic routing strategies to improve search and partitioning at scale. Previously he delivered significant automation in ERP and HR workflows that saved dozens of man-hours per week, reflecting a talent for turning complex systems into simple, reliable processes. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic problem solver who intentionally simplifies intricate technical challenges so teams and users can move forward from any starting point.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons) Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BSc (Hons) Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering at University of MoratuwaPhysical Science Stream, Physical Science Stream at Bandaranayake college Gampaha
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
unit-testing10
api-management10
go10
api-gateway10
test-automation10
microservices-application7
microservices7
kubernetes6
kubebuilder6
authentication6
bash6
php6
laravel6
php-mongodb6
ballerina6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
wso2/product-microgateway
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Choreo Connect is a cloud-native, open-source, and developer-centric API gateway.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:158 reviews, 74 commits, 87 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Vajira primarily contributed to the codebase by adding unit tests for different functionalities, including HTTP filters, routes with clusters, and virtual host creation. These tests were added to verify the correct behavior of the API gateway's core components. Furthermore, the user added unit tests for functionalities such as GetXWso2Label, and SetInfoSwaggerWebSocket. The user also fixed the API YAML file path in test cases. The user's commits also involved testing the Soap API functionalities and fixing the reported issues.
api-gatewayapimicrogatewayballerina-langchoreo
VajiraPrabuddhaka/product-microgateway
Mar 2021 - Jan 2025
A cloud native, developer centric and decentralized API gateway for microservices
Contributions:2 PRs, 126 pushes, 49 branches in 3 years 10 months
api-gatewayapigolangdecentralized-apideveloper-native
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