Isuru Liyanage
Senior Software Engineer at European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIsuru Liyanage is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years' experience specializing in Java back-end systems and comfortable across the full stack, currently building bioinformatics services at EMBL-EBI in Cambridge. He combines production-grade engineering with a strong academic foundation—Master’s in Computer Science (Gold Medal, GPA 4.0) and a First Class BSc in EECE—bringing rigorous problem-solving to product delivery. His career spans fintech and telecom domains where he progressed from engineer to associate tech lead, developing resilient services and mentoring peers. Known as “in love with Java,” he also applies Python and JavaScript pragmatically to integrate tools and accelerate delivery. Noteworthy is his ability to bridge research-oriented environments and production operations, making complex scientific data platforms reliable and user-facing.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Gold Medal with GPA 4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, Gold Medal with GPA 4.0 at University of MoratuwaHigh School, Physical Sciences, Advanced Level 3 A's, Island Rank - 18, District Rankd - 2, High School, Physical Sciences, Advanced Level 3 A's, Island Rank - 18, District Rankd - 2 at Maris stella College
Sinhala, English
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Github Skills (48)
sentiment-analysis10
database10
wordcloud9
netty9
asynchronous9
ontology9
event-driven9
ajv9
json-schema8
arduino7
querying7
esp327
publish6
java6
biomedical5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
FAIRplus/FAIR_wizard
Apr 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 22 PRs, 68 pushes in 1 year 6 months
elixir-europe/biovalidator
Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
JSON validator derived from AJV supporting ontology and taxonomy validation.
Contributions:4 releases, 20 reviews, 65 commits in 1 year 10 months
ajv
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