Hirusha Deshan

Software Engineer / Technical Team Lead

Sri Lanka

I build software that has to work outside the demo.

Software Engineer focused on designing, building and delivering real-world software products—from frontend interfaces and backend systems to APIs, cloud infrastructure and production deployments.

Based in Sri Lanka · Working across product, software & infrastructure.

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Currently

Software Engineering
Technical Leadership
Product Development

Focus

Web Applications
Backend Systems
Cloud & DevOps
AI-integrated Products

01 — Selected Work

Real projects, added as they're documented. Nothing here is invented.

Sample

Fleet Tracking Dashboard

Gave a logistics team real-time visibility into vehicle location and delivery status instead of relying on manual phone check-ins.

Role

Full-stack Engineer

Status

Production

Year

2025

Stack

React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, Nginx

Sample — no real screenshot

Sample

Internal Inventory API

Replaced a shared spreadsheet with a proper API so three internal tools could read and update stock levels without overwriting each other.

Role

Backend Engineer

Status

Internal

Year

2024

Stack

FastAPI, Python, MySQL, Docker

Sample — no real screenshot

02 — Engineering

How I work

Understand

Requirements
Existing system analysis
Technical research
Constraints

Design

Architecture
Database design
API contracts
Technology selection

Build

Frontend
Backend
Integrations
Testing

Ship

Docker
Cloud deployment
CI/CD
DNS
Reverse proxies
Production configuration

Operate

Monitoring
Debugging
Performance
Production fixes
Maintenance

Tools I actually work with

Sample

Building interfaces

React
Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS

Building systems

Node.js
NestJS
Express

Data

PostgreSQL
Redis

Infrastructure

Docker
Nginx
AWS

Workflow

Git
GitHub
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