Engineer
Hands-on architecture, implementation, and production reliability.
Engineering leadership · Platform architecture · Information security
Gayan Shanaka Thejawansha · Lead Software Engineer & Information Security Manager
An engineer at heart and hands-on technical leader connecting platform architecture, reliable delivery, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022-aligned security.
Hands-on architecture, implementation, and production reliability.
Direction, mentoring, delivery systems, and accountable execution.
Risk-led governance translated into enforceable technical controls.
Experience
A progression across backend engineering, platform architecture, operational reliability, and information-security leadership.
Oct 2025 – Present
Owns the strategic development and operation of the information security management system while continuing to provide technical leadership across engineering, infrastructure, risk management, and security governance.
Feb 2023 – Present
Leads technical strategy, architecture, and engineering delivery for commerce and advertising technology services, increasing merchant catalogue ingestion throughput by 5× and reducing feed processing latency by 70% across onboarding, reporting, and partner integrations.
Jun 2021 – Nov 2022
Provided architecture, integration, middleware, security, and application roadmap leadership for charging platforms.
Apr 2019 – May 2021
Delivered backend services, integrations, and modernization work for telecom charging and prepaid platforms.
Nov 2017 – Mar 2018
Worked with an R&D team on internal governance platform interfaces, Java backend processes, workflow automation, and database changes.
Capabilities
Capabilities are grouped by work delivered—not subjective percentage bars.
System design, technical roadmaps, delivery planning, code review, mentoring, cross-functional alignment, and reliability.
Hands-on development of integrations, services, processing pipelines, and reporting systems.
Containerized delivery, Linux operations, automation, performance tuning, and production support.
Risk-led security management that connects governance requirements to enforceable technical controls.
Engineering impact
Representative outcomes from hands-on engineering, technical leadership, platform modernization, and security management.
Commerce & ad-tech
Charging & integration
Information security
Technical leadership
Project archive
About
I work where software architecture, operational reliability, and information security meet. My background spans telecom charging systems, high-volume merchant data and reporting platforms, API integrations, containerized infrastructure, and security-management systems.
An engineer at heart, I stay close to implementation while leading technical direction: shaping architecture, reviewing code, improving delivery systems, mentoring engineers, translating risk into practical controls, and partnering with product and business stakeholders.
Credentials
Verified education, academic records, and a management-systems auditor credential.
Professional credential
T-CERT SYSTEM Academy · April 2026
Internal auditing of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 management systems in accordance with ISO 19011:2018
Certificate No. TC-0063-26MK-0657
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Nov 2014 – Feb 2019
Computer Engineering
University of Peradeniya · Sri Lanka
Contact
Open to thoughtful conversations around technical leadership, platform engineering, and information security.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates