Isuru Akalanka

What I'm looking for

Looking for an engineering role focused on Applied AI, Agentic AI, or Full Stack Development. I want to build impactful products, solve real-world technical challenges, and take ownership of solutions from design to production. Interested in working with modern technologies, strong engineering teams.

I am a Software Engineer from Sri Lanka with nearly three years of professional experience building and supporting production-grade software solutions, with a focus on Full Stack Development, Cloud Engineering, and Applied AI.

I started my career as an Intern Software Engineer in October 2023 and progressed to Associate Software Engineer and subsequently Software Engineer at Creative Software. During this time, I worked across enterprise software projects involving government, healthcare, and commercial organisations. My experience covers the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and stakeholder coordination.

My core development stack includes JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, .NET, and FastAPI. I have worked with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, and hybrid on-premises infrastructure. I also have experience with enterprise identity and authentication integrations involving Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, OAuth 2.0, and SAML.

Over the past few years, I have increasingly focused on Generative AI and Agentic AI engineering. I have practical experience developing RAG-based applications, enterprise document search solutions, LLM-powered applications, vector search pipelines, and conversational AI prototypes. My experience includes Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Qdrant, LangGraph, and document processing workflows.

Some of my notable achievements include contributing to enterprise applications for Sri Lankan government organisations, developing an AI-powered organisational document search solution, and conducting research on an AI-powered code repository analyser. The latter was an undergraduate research project published through IEEE Xplore. Outside my employment, I independently designed, developed, and published K-Swipe, a Korean vocabulary learning mobile application on Google Play.

I hold a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology, specialising in Software Engineering, from the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, graduating with Second Class Upper Division honours. I have also obtained the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification and several Oracle Cloud certifications.

I am particularly interested in opportunities involving Applied AI Engineering, AI-powered product development, Agentic AI systems, and Full Stack Engineering. I enjoy working on technically challenging problems, exploring emerging technologies, and taking ownership of solutions from initial design through production deployment.

I am currently looking for international opportunities where I can contribute to building practical AI-powered products, work alongside strong engineering teams, and continue growing as an AI-focused Software Engineer. I am open to remote opportunities with globally distributed teams.