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Damika Anupama Nanayakkara

Full-Stack & AI Engineer

I build production-ready full-stack, AI & cloud systems on AWS — cut OCR latency 20% and refactored 8K+ lines of backend for ~30% efficiency gains.

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Damika Anupama Nanayakkara - Full-Stack Developer and AI Engineer

Hi there!

Turning complex requirements into elegant, scalable solutions.

I'm a Full-Stack & AI Engineer with 2+ years of experience building production-ready web applications, AI tools, and cloud-native backend systems. I work across React, Next.js, Node.js, FastAPI, and AWS — from frontend to serverless infrastructure. Currently a Software Engineer at SYNERGEN Health, working on OCR pipelines and event-driven microservices.

2+Years Exp
25+Projects
8Awards
4Countries
  • Name Damika Anupama Nanayakkara
  • Experience 2+ Years
  • Country Sri Lanka
  • Location Colombo, SL
  • e-mail damikaanupama@gmail.com
  • Phone +94 76 418 9999
  • Education BSc Eng Hons, CSE - University of Moratuwa
  • Status Available for Remote Work
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Services I Offer

Full-Stack Development

Building scalable web applications with React, Next.js, Node.js, Django, and FastAPI. From MVP to production deployment.

  • Frontend Development
  • Backend APIs
  • Database Design

AI & ML Solutions

Developing AI tools using PyTorch, Hugging Face, NLP, and NER models for intelligent automation and insights.

  • ML Model Development
  • NLP Integration
  • Model Deployment

Cloud & DevOps

Architecting AWS infrastructure with Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3 for scalable and cost-efficient cloud deployments.

  • AWS Architecture
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Infrastructure Setup

Backend & API Development

Building scalable REST APIs and event-driven microservices with FastAPI, Django, Node.js, and serverless AWS architecture.

  • REST & Async APIs
  • Microservices
  • Serverless (AWS Lambda)
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Discover

Deep-dive into requirements and system architecture

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Design

Plan scalable, clean system architecture

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Develop

Build with best practices and thorough testing

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Deploy

CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure & monitoring

Education & Experience

My academic background and professional journey

  • Education

  • BSc Eng Hons, Computer Science & Engineering - University of Moratuwa

    Oct 2021 - Jun 2025

    Specialized in Software Engineering with focus on AI/ML, Cloud Computing, and Full-Stack Development. Completed research on Safe RL Algorithm for T1D Patients.

  • IJSE Institute - Full-Stack Development Courses

    2020 - 2021

    Completed CMJD (Comprehensive Mastered Java Developer) covering Java fundamentals through advanced topics including concurrency, JDBC, and localization. Also completed DEP (Direct Entry Program) focusing on full-stack development with Java, Angular, Spring Boot, MySQL, and frameworks like Spring Data JPA and Hibernate.

  • Mahinda College Galle - Primary, Secondary & High School

    Grades 1-13

    Achieved Grade 5 Government Scholarship (164/200). GCE O/L: Passed 9 subjects. GCE A/L Physical Stream: Three A grades in Combined Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry - Ranked 298th nationally and 19th in district. Selected to University of Moratuwa. Active in chess team (vice-captain), school orchestra (violin), and various sports.

  • Experience

  • Software Engineer - Machine Learning - SYNERGEN Health (USA) CURRENT

    Jul 2025 - Present

    Enhanced OCR pipeline and optimized FastAPI microservices, reducing response latency by 20%. Integrated AWS Lambda, S3, RDS, and SQS for scalable processing.

  • Google Summer of Code Contributor - Checker Framework GSoC

    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

    Implemented new annotation checker to detect index-related compile-time errors. Merged multiple PRs into upstream repository.

  • Software Engineer (Contract) - jahan.ai (Australia)

    Dec 2024 - Feb 2025

    Developed backend modules and REST APIs using Django. Built dynamic dashboard features with Webix frontend framework.

  • Software Engineering Intern - WealthOS (UK)

    Dec 2023 - May 2024

    Refactored 8K+ backend lines and optimized AWS Lambdas via Webpack + X-Ray, improving efficiency by 30%. Built full-stack Leave Management System.

  • Backend Engineer (AWS) - LivinBetr Corp. / SmartNURSE Corp (USA)

    Feb 2023 - May 2023

    Developed and deployed AWS Lambda functions for mobile app backends supporting healthcare data. Integrated with Amazon RDS (MySQL) and monitored API performance using AWS CloudWatch. Wrote clear API documentation and deployment scripts for multi-region environments.

Skills & Tech Stack

Technologies I work with professionally

No skills match your search — try “React”, “AWS”, or “Python”.

Frontend

Expert
React Next.js TypeScript JavaScript HTML5 / CSS3 Tailwind CSS

Backend

Expert
Node.js FastAPI Django Python Java Spring Boot

Cloud & DevOps

Proficient
AWS Lambda EC2 / S3 / RDS SQS Docker GitHub Actions CI/CD

AI & ML

Proficient
PyTorch Hugging Face NLP / NER BERT LightGBM OpenCV

Databases

Proficient
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis SQLite

Tools

Learning
Git Webpack Postman Figma AWS X-Ray
Currently Exploring: Rust Go LLM Fine-tuning WebAssembly Kubernetes

Skill proficiency overview

Achievements & Awards

Hackathon Champions

  • Best Innovation Project - Dialog Innovation Cup 2024
  • Champions - Brainstorm'23 Biomedical
  • Champions - MECHA 2023
  • 3rd Place - EXMO Innovation
  • 1st Runner-up - SLIIT Bashaway
  • 2nd Runner-up - CodeSquad V3.0

Competitive Programming

  • IEEEXtreme 16.0 - 9th in Sri Lanka
  • 7th at University of Moratuwa
  • 220th Global Ranking

Academic Excellence

  • Grade 5 Scholarship - 164/200
  • GCE A/L - 3As: Physical Stream, 2019
  • 298th Nationally in GCE A/L Examination
  • 19th in District in GCE A/L Examination
  • Selected to University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Featured Projects

Showcase of my most impactful projects combining IoT, AI, and full-stack development

FEATURED PROJECT

FlashGuard Smart Glasses

An innovative IoT solution providing real-time protection for individuals with photosensitive epilepsy. Smart glasses with electrochromic lenses that detect seizure triggers and automatically darken to prevent episodes.

ESP32 OpenCV React Native Azure IoT

Winner of 3 national innovation competitions (Dialog Innovation Cup 2024, Brainstorm'23, MECHA 2023) + 3rd place EXMO.

FlashGuard Smart Glasses Project

Multi-Role Banking System LIVE

Full-stack banking platform with customer, employee, and manager dashboards — transfers, loans, fixed deposits, cards, approvals, and branch operations. Live clickable demo.

Angular TypeScript Tailwind Node.js
GitHub

Safe RL for T1D Patients

Research project optimizing insulin dosage control through safe reinforcement learning algorithms

PyTorch RL GCP

Leave Management System

Full-stack HR platform with React/Next.js frontend, Node.js APIs, and AWS Lambda/Step Functions workflows

React Next.js TypeScript AWS

Private

Student Summary Evaluator LIVE

ML-powered platform scoring grade 3–12 student summaries on content & wording with BERT + LightGBM — teacher analytics, assignment flows, and a hardened Django REST API (validation, security, tests). Live clickable demo.

Next.js Django REST PostgreSQL BERT LightGBM
GitHub

Document Metadata Checker LIVE

PDF forensics tool detecting metadata mutation signals — backdated dates, impossible tool versions, incremental edits, and timezone shifts

Next.js TypeScript Python FastAPI Docker
GitHub

Social Media Application LIVE

Full-stack social platform with feeds, stories, chat, groups & pages — Spring Boot REST backend with an Angular/NativeScript client and a polished Next.js frontend. Live clickable demo.

Next.js Spring Boot Angular TypeScript
GitHub

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Years Experience

25+

Projects Completed

8

Awards Won

4

Countries Worked Across

Beyond Coding

My interests and hobbies that keep me balanced and inspired

Music

Playing violin, tabla, and acoustic guitar. Praveshika certified in tabla and violin.

Chess

Competitive player with international standard rating 1738.

Reading

Novels, detective stories, and personal finance books to expand knowledge.

Languages

Learning French and Mandarin Chinese using Duolingo. Previously studied Tamil.

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Contact Address

Colombo, Sri Lanka

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+94 76 418 9999

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