I am Randul Malinhara, a passionate Full-Stack Engineer with over two years of hands-on experience building scalable Java/Spring Boot and Node.js microservices, crafting responsive React front-ends, and automating CI/CD pipelines on AWS and Azure. I thrive on solving complex problems, delivering reliable software, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. I have led projects across cloud security, API design, and performance optimization, and I bring hands-on experience with Docker, Terraform, CircleCI, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. I enjoy sharing knowledge, mentoring teammates, and driving projects from concept to production while keeping stakeholders aligned.

Randul Malinhara

I am Randul Malinhara, a passionate Full-Stack Engineer with over two years of hands-on experience building scalable Java/Spring Boot and Node.js microservices, crafting responsive React front-ends, and automating CI/CD pipelines on AWS and Azure. I thrive on solving complex problems, delivering reliable software, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. I have led projects across cloud security, API design, and performance optimization, and I bring hands-on experience with Docker, Terraform, CircleCI, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. I enjoy sharing knowledge, mentoring teammates, and driving projects from concept to production while keeping stakeholders aligned.

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I am Randul Malinhara, a passionate Full-Stack Engineer with over two years of hands-on experience building scalable Java/Spring Boot and Node.js microservices, crafting responsive React front-ends, and automating CI/CD pipelines on AWS and Azure. I thrive on solving complex problems, delivering reliable software, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

I have led projects across cloud security, API design, and performance optimization, and I bring hands-on experience with Docker, Terraform, CircleCI, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. I enjoy sharing knowledge, mentoring teammates, and driving projects from concept to production while keeping stakeholders aligned.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Software Engineer (Contract) at Freelancing (Sri Lanka / USA)
June 1, 2024 - October 29, 2025
Deployed financial platform microservices to Kubernetes clusters with Helm; centralized logging with ELK Stack and Filebeat across Kubernetes pods and Node.js services; unified monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana for real-time metrics and alerting; developed secure, high-performance Node.js (Koa) microservices for transaction processing and data aggregation in a financial-compliance context.
Trainee Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at WSO2
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023
Collaborated on architecture and integration of automated auditing into an existing monitoring tool; integrated REST APIs and Ballerina Connectors with frontend; deployed on Choreo for real-time security controls and recommendations; established live access to security benchmarks via Azure Cosmos DB; implemented Gmail OAuth2 authentication and Gmail API integration for automated notifications.

Education

BEng (Hons) Software Engineering at University of Westminster (affiliated with Informatics Institute of Technology)
July 1, 2020 - October 1, 2024
Foundation Certificate in Higher Education at Informatics Institute of Technology
January 1, 2020 - July 1, 2020
G.C.E. Ordinary Level Certification at Matara Central College
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Qualifications

Finalist / Runner-up, TADHack Global Competition
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Winner, IEEE R10 YP CLAP (Career and Leadership Aid Program)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Industry Experience

Software & Internet