About

Poorna Jayasinghe is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. He holds a double Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering and Information Technology, as well as a Master's degree in Information Technology with a specialization in Cloud Computing, with distinction. Poorna has a proven track record of designing and building full-stack, highly scalable production applications from the ground up in cloud environments. He has a professional experience developing native iOS and Android applications, web applications, and production-ready highly scalable backend APIs and web services on the cloud. Poorna has worked with a wide range of technologies, including Java, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, and databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. He is also experienced in cloud services like AWS and Google Cloud. One of his notable achievements includes building a booking management application that is used daily by more than 9500 drivers to manage their bookings and other activities. He has also built a recommendation system using natural language processing and published a research paper. Poorna enjoys being challenged and working on projects that require him to work outside his comfort zone. He believes that continuing to learn new languages, technologies, and development techniques is important for his success and that of his employer. He is a team player and enjoys working with people with different sets of skills and abilities. Currently, Poorna works as an iOS Technical Lead at Sherlock Technologies Ltd., where he has worked on several projects, including ImpactApp (COVID-19 tracing application), Firewood App, UnLok (Dating app), and Property Investors App. Prior to his current role, Poorna worked as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer at Silver Top Taxi Service Pty Ltd, where he was responsible for architecting, developing, and deploying highly scalable and high-performance full-stack systems on the cloud. He also worked as a Software Research Officer at RMIT University, where he researched and built a scalable and distributed backend system on the Google cloud platform for a property management system. Overall, Poorna is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a passion for learning and working on challenging projects.