Vihanga Liyanage
Associate Lead Solutions Architect
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVihanga Liyanage is an Associate Lead Solutions Architect based in Austin with 10 years’ experience designing and implementing identity and access management solutions for large organizations. At WSO2 he has progressed from intern to lead, blending hands-on backend work in the Identity Server with front-end improvements to developer portals and playground apps. His open-source contributions include ID token encryption, JWT enhancements, and UI/UX refactors across prominent WSO2 repositories, showing a rare mix of security-focused cryptography integration and practical client-side engineering. He pairs cloud-native thinking with a pragmatic engineering approach, having also cofounded a small software startup and maintained freelance projects. Notably, his work on ID token encryption and integration tests demonstrates both deep protocol knowledge and a commitment to production-grade security.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Colombo School of ComputingAnanda College Colombo 10
English, Sinhalese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
debug10
javascript10
back-end-development10
isam10
identity10
jsp10
saml10
component-development10
user-authentication10
typescript10
authentication10
ui-design10
identity-management10
java10
javas10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
wso2/identity-apps
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 reviews, 227 commits, 105 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Vihanga's commits primarily focused on fixing import statements and refactoring UI components within the developer portal application. They updated several components related to server configurations, including realm configurations, account recovery, password policies, user self-registration, and login policies. The changes involved modifying the import statements and adjusting the file paths. Additionally, the user moved the URL input component to the shared components and refactored IDP pages.
identity
wso2/carbon-identity-framework
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 reviews, 84 commits, 54 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Vihanga primarily focused on back-end development within the WSO2 Identity Server framework. Their commits addressed bug fixes, including sorting claims and resolving issues related to certificate retrieval and SAML2 artifact binding. They also implemented new features, such as providing service provider-specific configurations and adding properties for artifact validity periods. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of the identity and access management domain, evident in their modifications to core components.
identity
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