The Paper Portfolio
Working on innovative projects using Full-Stack Technologies
Frontend Development
Building responsive, modern, and performant user interfaces with Next.js, React, Redux, ShadCN UI, and Tailwind CSS. Focused on crafting clean micro-interactions, designing reusable UI components, and ensuring smooth, accessible user experiences.
Core Engineering
Crafting modern web architectures from performant frontend layouts to secure, scalable server systems.
Backend Development
Developing secure backend systems, RESTful APIs, and scalable microservices architectures using NestJS, Node.js, and Express.js. Experienced in database management with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and implementing efficient caching with Redis.
HIRUNI
Software
Engineer.
oftware Engineering Graduate with First Class Honours, specializing in building high-performance full-stack web applications. Proficient in Next.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and the MERN stack, with a proven track record of developing secure, scalable microservices and modular, responsive frontend architectures. Experienced in integrating biometric identity systems, implementing Redis caching, and deploying decentralized blockchain applications (Solidity, Web3.js). Dedicated to writing clean, maintainable code and engineering optimized, enterprise-grade software solutions.
Full-Stack Development
Web3 & Smart Contracts
Trainee Software Engineer
Graduate with First Class
PROFILE
Work & Academic
Chronicle
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Trainee Software Engineer
05/2024 - 05/2025Web3 Genes - Colombo, Sri Lanka (Remote)
Built scalable full-stack applications using Next.js, NestJS, MongoDB, and TypeScript within a microservices architecture. Developed decentralized applications on Ethereum, Polygon, and Hedera, including an NFT lottery system and an NFT token platform. Designed, implemented, and integrated Solidity smart contracts using Web3.js and Ethers.js. Collaborated in team-wide agile sprints to deliver secure backend services and responsive frontend interfaces.
Freelance Developer
2024 - PRESENTIndependent Projects
Built responsive, high-performance web applications and landing pages using React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS. Collaborated closely with clients to define UI/UX requirements, translate Figma mockups into pixel-perfect code, and optimize page performance and SEO. Implemented state management using Redux Toolkit and integrated clean micro-interactions, ensuring robust cross-device support and modern design standards.
Software Engineering graduate with first class with hands-on experience in full-stack web development (MERN, Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript) and Web3 blockchain ledger integrations.
EDUCATION
B(Eng.) Software Engineering
2021 - PRESENTUniversity of Westminster / IIT
Pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Software Engineering at the University of Westminster, hosted by the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT). Engaged in coursework covering advanced algorithms, database systems, object-oriented programming, and agile software development. Actively participating in group projects to design, build, and deploy blockchain-based decentralised applications.
Diploma in English
2021 - 2022ESOFT Metro College
Successfully completed a comprehensive English diploma program, focusing on professional correspondence, technical documentation, and verbal communication. Developed strong articulation skills to present software architectures, write detailed documentation reports, and collaborate effectively with remote teams in cross-border software environments.
GCE A/L
2021Ferguson High School Rathnapura
Completed secondary education in the Physical Science Stream (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) at Ferguson High School, Rathnapura. Maintained excellent academic performance while gaining early interest in computational logic and programming paradigms.
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Think. Design. Build. Ship.
Tools of the Trade
SYSTEMS
Current Focus
Full-Stack Dev
Smart Contracts
Microservices
System Design
Developing robust databases with MongoDB, implementing high-performance caching with Redis, leveraging AWS Rekognition for facial liveness workflows, and integrating Hedera HCS alongside Solidity smart contracts to engineer highly secure, transparent systems.
Design.
Develop.
Scale.
Translating complex business requirements into elegant, high-performance technical solutions. Focused on clean system design, optimizing database queries, and writing modular, highly testable code. Committed to building robust software architectures that stand up to high traffic and deliver continuous business value.
Delivering clean computational models, responsive structures, and production-grade system interfaces optimized for cross-device scalability and micro-interaction fluidity.
Driven by technical curiosity and a passion for engineering excellence, focusing on the intersection of cloud-native infrastructure, secure backend APIs, and modern frontend client states.
Advancing modular code patterns, security-first integrations, and data-integrity architectures within complex business environments.
Web3 & Blockchain
Designing and deploying decentralized applications and smart contracts using Solidity, Web3.js, and Ethers.js. Experienced in implementing transparent transaction tracking and distributed ledger systems on Ethereum, Polygon, and Hedera HCS.
Specialized Systems
Combining decentralized ledger architectures with modern cloud-native deployment and security-first integrations.
Cloud & DevOps
Deploying production applications and configuring automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, AWS (EC2, S3), Docker, and Vercel. Skilled in integrating secure biometric identity verification workflows like AWS Rekognition.