Asanka Anthony
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices, delivering scalable solutions across finance, banking, e-commerce, and telecom. Over 4 years of technical leadership in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure), event-driven microservices (Kafka), and secure financial transactions. Skilled in RESTful APIs, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and Agile/Scrum. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across Asia, Europe, and the U.S., collaborate globally, and align technology with business objectives to drive growth and efficiency.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer/Team Lead
DCS Card Center(Formerly known as Diners Club )
Singapore
09.2023 - Current
- Led small development teams, overseeing project progress and mentoring junior engineers.
- Developed and implemented software engineering best practices across the team.
- Implemented continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins.
- Decreased bugs discovered by 45%.
- Coordinated with external vendors for integration of third-party applications into existing systems.
- Improve work efficiency by 20% using automation.
- Designed and developed distributed systems leveraging Apache Kafka and other technologies.
Associate Technical Lead
Zone24x7 (Pvt) Ltd
08.2021 - 09.2023
- Maintain communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Continuously researched and adopted new technologies and methodologies to remain competitive in Java development.
- Guided technical decision-making processes, evaluating and adopting new technologies to enhance product development.
- Monitored system performance metrics to proactively identify potential problems.
- Presented progress reports at executive meetings regularly.
Software Engineer
World Intellectual Property Organization
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Work with 15+ specialized agency developers of the United Nations for the development and maintenance of eFiling Trademark registration applications worldwide.
- Developed and maintained software components for web applications using Java, J2EE, JavaScript, HTML and XML.
- Developed Java web applications using J2EE technologies such as Servlets, JSP, JDBC and Struts.
- Consumed and implemented REST and SOAP APIs in deploying J2EE databases.
- Deployed microservices on AWS EC2 instances using Docker containers, and Docker Compose, and managed them with the ECS service.
Tech-Lead
ZinCat Technologies (PVT) Ltd.
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Provide guidance and leadership for application development teams within the delivery area, and provide input for technical staff's periodic performance evaluation.
- Resolved technical issues related to software design and implementation.
- Implemented DevOps practices such as continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Implemented Azure Active Directory and configured SSO solutions for enterprise applications, enhancing security and user experience.
- Configured and managed virtual machines in Azure Cloud Services.
Senior Software Engineer
Yukon Software (Pvt) Ltd.
09.2019 - 02.2021
- Collaboration with team planning, project management, system designing, and development with various remote teams worldwide.
- Integrated third-party APIs into existing systems.
- Developed and maintained scalable software applications for various platforms.
Senior Software Engineer
Wetherby Technology Services
07.2014 - 09.2019
- Managed projects delivering comprehensive technology solutions to European tour operators, receptors, destination management companies, airline operators, and event planners.
- Optimized hotel data response times, achieving a 44% improvement via Redis caching.
- Engineered robust software solutions on J2EE platform with expertise in Java-based technologies.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Software Engineering
London Metropolitan University
09-2023
High School Diploma -
BCS, The Chartered Institute For IT
UK08-2016
Sun Certified Java Programmer(SCJP) - Certified Java Programmer
Sun Microsystems/Oracle
07-2010
SCMAD - Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer
Sun Microsystems/Oracle
01-2011
Skills
- Languages: Java, JavaScript, Dart
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, JPA, J2EE,
- Microservices & API Development: Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Quarkus (Distributed Scheduling)
- Frontend Technologies: React and ReactJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP, jQuery, Bootstrap
- Cloud Platforms: AWS(EC2,Beanstalk, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch,AWS Lambda, Amazon RDS), GCP(Compute Engine, RDS, Cloud Storage), Azure (Microsoft Azure SQL Database, VM)
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker,Docker Compose, Kubernetes
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions
- Service Discovery & Configuration Management: Spring Cloud Netflix Eureka,Spring Cloud Config, Hashicorp, Spring Cloud Gateway
- Message Brokers: Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, SNS
- Integration Frameworks: Apache Camel, Spring Integration
- Relational Databases (SQL): MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SymmetricDS(database replication)
- NoSQL Databases: MongoDB
- In-Memory Databases: Redis, H2
- Authentication & Authorization: Spring Security, Keycloak, OAuth2, JWT
- Resilience & Circuit Breakers: Resilience4j, Hystrix
- Tracing & Metrics: OpenTelemetry, Micrometer, Prometheus, Zipkin
- Monitoring & Logging: ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana, Logback
- Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
- Collaboration & Agile Tools: Jira, Confluence, Trello
- Agile & Scrum: Sprint planning, task management, retrospective analysis
- Testing: JUnit, Mockito
- Java Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, JBoss EAP (WildFly)
Personal Information
- Passport Number: N10628864
- NIC Number: 883194349V
- Date of Birth: 11/14/88
- Nationality: Sri Lankan
- Marital Status: Married
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Software Engineer/Team Lead
DCS Card Center(Formerly known as Diners Club )
09.2023 - Current
Associate Technical Lead
Zone24x7 (Pvt) Ltd
08.2021 - 09.2023
Software Engineer
World Intellectual Property Organization
08.2021 - 12.2021
Tech-Lead
ZinCat Technologies (PVT) Ltd.
02.2021 - 08.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Yukon Software (Pvt) Ltd.
09.2019 - 02.2021
Senior Software Engineer
Wetherby Technology Services
07.2014 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Software Engineering
London Metropolitan University
High School Diploma -
BCS, The Chartered Institute For IT
Sun Certified Java Programmer(SCJP) - Certified Java Programmer
Sun Microsystems/Oracle
SCMAD - Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer
Sun Microsystems/Oracle
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