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Damika Anupama

@damikaanupama

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Software Engineer building full-stack, backend, AI, and cloud systems for production impact.

Sri Lanka

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What I'm looking for

I want to build production-ready full-stack/back-end products that leverage AI/NLP, strong observability, and CI/CD. I’m excited by document-forensics and fintech-style workflows where reliability and performance improvements are measurable.

I build full-stack, backend, AI, and cloud systems, with a focus on production APIs that are reliable, observable, and fast. I specialize in Python/FastAPI and Django REST for backend services, alongside TypeScript/React/Next.js for end-to-end product features. Across AI/NLP and document-forensics workflows, I enjoy turning signals into tools people can actually use.

In my current role, I built and supported Python/FastAPI REST microservices for an OCR platform, refactoring/profiling to reduce average API latency by about 20%. I designed batch workflows and MySQL/Amazon RDS schemas for high-volume claim data with a strong reliability and data-integrity focus. I also support AWS Lambda/S3/EC2 workflows and production troubleshooting with CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Grafana.

I’ve additionally strengthened engineering practices through secure backend development and CI improvements in contract work, including SonarQube checks and unit test additions. I bring a consistent record across production APIs and standout projects like document metadata forensics and ML-backed evaluation/summaries, where performance, testing, and observability matter.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer - ML

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Synergen Health

Jul 2025 - Present (1 year)

Built and supported Python/FastAPI REST microservices for an OCR platform, refactoring and profiling to reduce average API latency by about 20%. Designed batch workflows and supported AWS production troubleshooting for high-volume claim data.

Python fastAPI REST APIs Microservices Performance Profiling MySQL Amazon RDS AWS Lambda Amazon S3 Amazon EC2 Amazon SQS Amazon CloudWatch AWS X Ray Grafana

Google Summer of Code Contributor

Checker Framework

Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 (2 months)

Implemented a Java annotation checker for index-related compile-time errors in static analysis tooling. Built JUnit regression suites across JDK/configuration variants using TDD and supported distributed code review.

Java Static Analysis Compile Time Error Checking Junit Regression Testing Test Driven Development Code Review

Software Engineer (Contract)

Jahan.ai

Dec 2024 - Feb 2025 (2 months)

Maintained Django/DRF backend services and secure APIs for analytics/reporting workflows. Added unit tests and SonarQube checks to improve CI reliability and maintainability in a remote Agile team.

Django Django REST Framework Analytics Reporting Unit Testing SonarQube

Software Engineering Intern

WealthOS

Dec 2023 - May 2024 (5 months)

Optimized AWS Lambda functions using X-Ray, improving execution efficiency by about 30%, and improved 8K+ lines of backend code. Built full-stack features with React/Next.js and supported deployments with Docker and security/quality tooling.

AWS Lambda AWS X Ray Backend Engineering React Next.js TypeScript MongoDB Docker Snyk AWS

Backend Engineer (AWS)

LivinBetr / SmartNurse

Feb 2023 - May 2023 (3 months)

Improved Lambda-backed REST APIs supporting secure patient-data workflows using RDS and CloudWatch observability. Worked on backend API reliability and monitoring for production systems.

AWS Lambda REST APIs Amazon RDS Amazon CloudWatch Data Security