About Me

I am a Colombo-based Software Engineer with five years commercial PHP experience in both e-commerce and CMS
websites. I have a keen interest in data integration (using APIs and Web Services), and production of well
formatted, readable and,... data integration (using APIs and Web Services), and production of well
formatted, readable and, maintainable code and dynamic, effective websites (using open standards, including
SASS, CSS3 and HTML5).

I was employed as a Software Engineer at Edickson Lanka (Pvt) ltd in Colombo 03, where I honed my principally
self-taught PHP knowledge to build extendible and maintainable object-oriented code within an MVC environment.

I am a quick learner, able to pick up new concepts and ideas quickly and use them effectively. Coupled with my
effective communication skills, this ability allows me to succeed in an agile development environment.
Within Pod1 I was employed as a Software Engineer at Netstarter (Pvt) Ltd. I worked primarily with the Magento
ecommerce platform, managing the complexities involved in building e-commerce solutions tailored to a client’s
specific needs. I have been writing extensions to take advantage of Magento’s higher functionality. I worked
directly with the clients to deliver an accurate and workable specification, so projects can be completed on time,
on budget, and on spec, using WordPress, Magento, and Prototype JavaScript.

Currently employed at DTech (Pvt) Ltd as Senior Software Engineer, which is a fancy name for Full Stack Developer
of the Magento project there. This involves planning the future scoping of the platform, working with the various
business owners, and the wider financial and stock management systems within the company.
I hope to continue building my skills, expanding them to take in a wider scope of environments and languages, and
to develop my managerial skills so I can effectively manage a large development team with multiple simultaneous
projects.