Professional CV

Jerome Thayananthajothy

Technical Lead | AI-Driven Systems Architect | AWS & Full-Stack Expert | Open Source Contributor

Start a conversationView resumeConnect on LinkedIn

Professional summary

Technical Lead and AI-driven systems architect with more than a decade of experience building scalable platforms, modernizing full-stack architectures, and leading cloud delivery. Experienced across AI workflows, semantic search, developer tooling, and high-volume commercial systems, with a practical focus on performance, observability, and helping engineering teams ship confidently.

Experience

May 2026 - Present

Technical Lead

Sino Lanka Group, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Leading AI-driven systems architecture and full-stack engineering across scalable business platforms.

  • Driving architecture direction across full-stack systems, AI capabilities, and cloud delivery.
  • Focusing on observability, developer ecosystems, and reliable engineering practices.
  • Bringing senior technical leadership across AI-enhanced infrastructure and product delivery.

Oct 2025 - May 2026

Technical Lead

KAYA

Led enterprise full-stack systems and AI workflow engineering for the KAYA Platform and client-facing systems.

  • Designed dynamic AI workflow engines with LangGraph and cloud-native delivery practices.
  • Led distributed application work across multiple Kubernetes clusters.
  • Shaped Node.js, TypeScript, Laravel, PostgreSQL, and platform engineering standards.

Dec 2024 - Oct 2025

Technical Lead

Brompton Bicycle

Led modernization across microservices and a unified Laravel and Vue platform serving high-volume commercial operations.

  • Built Express microservices and full-stack platform capabilities for systems serving more than 100,000 daily users.
  • Modernized legacy PHP services toward TypeScript and Node.js, improving performance by 40%.
  • Introduced standards that reduced technical debt by 30% across delivery streams.

Jul 2023 - Dec 2024

Full Stack Engineer

NetWatch Global

Delivered full-stack product features and operational systems across modern JavaScript and PHP stacks.

  • Built maintainable backend services and frontend workflows for business-critical platforms.
  • Worked across PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, API design, and production delivery.

Jun 2021 - Nov 2022

Senior Software Engineer

MacroActive

Built scalable product features and backend services for customer-facing fitness and coaching platforms.

  • Delivered full-stack product work across Laravel, JavaScript, and relational databases.
  • Collaborated with product and engineering teams to improve reliability and maintainability.

Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

Software Engineer

Elegant Media

Developed web and mobile platform features across client projects, APIs, and production support.

Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

Software Developer

Seven's Idea

Built application features and integrations across early-stage product and client delivery work.

Jun 2015 - Jan 2018

Software Developer

Alta Vision Solar

Started in software delivery with practical engineering work across business systems and web applications.

Core expertise

Engineering Leadership

Technical leadership · Architecture reviews · Engineering standards · Mentoring · Product thinking

AI & Architecture

Generative AI · LangGraph · Semantic search · Microservices · Event-driven systems

Full Stack

React · Vue · TypeScript · Node.js · Laravel · PostgreSQL

Cloud & Delivery

AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · Observability

Selected open-source work

Fetch PHP

450 stars

Modern PHP HTTP client inspired by JavaScript's fetch API. Async/await, streaming, SSE, middleware, RFC 7234 caching, and full PSR-7/18 compliance.

Filterable

196 stars

Enhance Laravel queries with adaptable, customisable filters and intelligent caching to improve both performance and functionality.

phpvm

162 stars

Simple PHP version manager for MacOS and Linux.

Comet

158 stars

A cross-platform desktop app powered by FFmpeg for easy, beautiful media conversion.

Matrix

60 stars

Bringing JavaScript-style async to PHP! Manage asynchronous tasks with ease using a modern, fiber-powered API for seamless concurrency and error handling.

Education and credentials

Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

BSc Computer Systems Engineering

University of Sunderland

Aug 2020 - Mar 2022

Higher National Diploma in Software Engineering

ICBT

Feb 2015 - Mar 2019

Graduate Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering

IESL College of Engineering

Professional certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

Professional certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

Languages

English — Native or bilingual proficiency · Tamil — Native or bilingual proficiency · Sinhala — Limited working proficiency