Samith Sandanayake
Lead Data Engineer
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolSamith Sandanayake is a Senior Data Engineer based in Sydney with 15 years in software development and eight years focused on designing and delivering Big Data, data science, and retail search & browse solutions. He currently leads data engineering initiatives at hipages, bringing a mix of hands-on implementation and technical leadership honed through consultant and tech lead roles at iTelaSoft and Zone24x7. Comfortable across the data stack, he blends practical engineering with an interest in open-source technologies and a penchant for solving search and analytics challenges at scale. Outside work he’s a FOSS enthusiast and hobbyist game developer who draws inspiration from retro RPGs, reflecting a creative curiosity that often informs pragmatic system design. His background in computer software engineering and steady progression from research teams to senior engineering roles underpins a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach to complex data problems.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at University of StaffordshireRoyal College, Horana
Sinhalese, English
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Github Skills (32)
bigquery10
postgresql10
ai-agent10
data-collection10
python10
snowflake10
mysql10
data-engineering10
databases10
java10
etl10
ai10
mssql10
pipeline10
microsoft-sql-server10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
samithdisal/Moodle-Quiz-Editor
Jun 2011 - Feb 2013
Contributions:20 commits in 1 year 7 months
tusharm/redash2dqsql
Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:4 reviews, 10 PRs, 30 pushes in 3 months
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