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Thathsara Rajapaksha

@thathsararajapaksha

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Data scientist specializing in ML, MLOps, and production-ready AI.

Sri Lanka

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building production ML systems and MLOps pipelines at data-driven teams, emphasizing cloud deployment, collaboration, and measurable business impact.

I am a First Class Honours Data Science graduate with hands-on experience building production-ready machine learning models, data pipelines, and MLOps workflows across cloud platforms. I have delivered end-to-end ML solutions—including computer vision, NLP, recommender systems, and real-time big data processing—while optimizing models for deployment and fairness-aware practices.

My background includes internship and freelance work producing production models, deploying APIs and agentic AI systems, and creating interactive BI dashboards to inform stakeholders. I combine technical depth (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark, Kafka, AWS/GCP/Azure) with strong communication and cross-functional collaboration to drive measurable business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Freelance ML Engineer

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Self Employed

Jan 2023 - Present (2 years 11 months)

Delivered end-to-end ML solutions across computer vision, recommendation systems, and agentic AI, building RESTful model APIs and maintaining client communication throughout project lifecycles.

Python Flask fastAPI Docker Prompt Engineering SQL

AI Engineer Intern

Codebell PVT LTD

Feb 2025 - Aug 2025 (6 months)

Developed end-to-end ML pipelines (computer vision, NLP, and traditional ML) delivering production-ready models with 80–90% accuracy and implemented model optimization and fairness-aware ML practices.

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Pyspark Optimization MLFlow Computer Vision NLP fastAPI

Customer Relations Officer

LB Finance PLC

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022 (4 months)

Managed customer accounts, financial reporting, and client communications, strengthening stakeholder engagement and problem-solving in a high-volume financial services environment.

Customer Service Financial Reporting Stakeholder Engagement Account Management Excel Problem Solving

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

National School of Business Management (NSBM)

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Data Science

Grade: First Class Honours (GPA: 3.76/4.0)

BSc (Honours) in Data Science with First Class Honours (GPA: 3.76/4.0), coursework included Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics, and Natural Language Processing.