About the engineer

Production-first thinking, without losing product perspective.

I am Ishara Lakshitha, a First Class Honours Software Engineering graduate and software engineer working across development, DevOps, cloud systems, automation, and high-performance backends.

My path started in visual design and client service before moving deeper into software and infrastructure. That combination still shapes how I work: technical systems should be dependable, but they should also be clear to the people who use and maintain them.

EXPERIENCE / CONCISE VIEW

Progression through the stack.

2026 — PRESENT

Software Engineer · Development & DevOps

KingIT Solutions · United Kingdom

2025 — 2026

Associate DevOps Engineer

KingIT Solutions · United Kingdom

2024 — 2025

Associate Tech-Ops Engineer

KingIT Solutions · United Kingdom

2024

DevOps Engineer Intern

Block-Stars Pvt. Ltd. · Sri Lanka

2023 — 2024

Junior Software Developer

Bitrate Solutions · Sri Lanka

OPERATING PRINCIPLES

How I make engineering decisions.

01

Build for the operating reality

A system is not complete when it runs locally. Deployment, diagnosis, and recovery shape the design from the beginning.

02

Keep boundaries understandable

Clear contracts between people, services, and data reduce the cost of change.

03

Automate repeated risk

The best automation removes inconsistency from delivery and gives teams more attention for difficult problems.

04

Earn complexity

Sophisticated technology is useful when it solves a real constraint, not when it merely makes the stack look modern.

EDUCATION

BSc (Hons) Software Engineering

Birmingham City University · First Class Honours

SELECTED CERTIFICATIONS

  • Neo4j Certified Professional
  • Grafana Loki
  • Introduction to SQL
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