Software Engineer

I build the parts that
actually ship.

2.5 years building customer-facing platforms from a React projects, to a generative AI enquiry assistant I scoped and shipped from a blank brief. Currently finishing a Master of IT in Melbourne, open to Software Engineering roles across Frontend, Backend, Cloud, DevOps, and AI.

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Melbourne / Geelong, VIC

Experience

The Work

Oct 2023 — Feb 2025 Sydney (Remote, Sri Lanka) → Geelong

Frontend Developer → Web Developer · promoted Jan 2025

Oscar Wylee Australia

Built a React-based in-store display system showing real-time optometry appointment availability, with optimised REST API integrations across 100+ retail store locations in Australia and Canada.
Designed and executed a company-wide technical SEO strategy, driving a 40% increase in organic search traffic on high-competition keywords.
Given an open brief by my manager to "look into a chatbot" — independently researched LLM integration approaches, built a working AI enquiry-automation POC on the OpenAI API, and presented it to stakeholders, directly contributing to my promotion.
Built an automated unsubscribe portal that cut customer complaints and manual admin workload by 30%.
Shipped internal automation tooling that lifted team productivity by 28%, and deployed serverless functions on AWS Lambda with assets managed via S3.
Built SEO-optimised eye-health content modules in Magento 2 and worked daily across marketing, design, and operations to translate technical progress for non-technical stakeholders.

Sep 2021 — Sep 2022 Sri Lanka

Software Engineer Intern

Virtusa

Contributed to RESTful API integration and frontend delivery within agile sprint cycles.
Deployed containerised services using GCP and Docker to support scalable cloud infrastructure.
Took part in peer code reviews and secure API design workshops; used SQL for complex joins across high-volume relational data.

Apr 2025 — Present Part-time

Store Team Member — Night Fill & Grocery

Woolworths

Frontline customer service and nightly stock replenishment in a high-volume retail environment.
Balanced alongside full-time Master of IT study — the same time-management discipline that keeps sprint deadlines honest.

Skills

The Stack

Frontend & Web

JavaScript (ES6+) TypeScript React.js HTML5 CSS3 Tailwind CSS

Backend & Infrastructure

Node.js Express.js REST APIs AWS (S3, Lambda) GCP Docker CI/CD & GitHub Actions

AI & Data

OpenAI API LLM Integration Python SQL MySQL MongoDB Firebase

Other

Java Solidity Magento 2 Git Component Architecture

Projects

Selected Builds

2023

DR Food Services — Brand & Export Website

Full redesign and rebuild of the website for DR Food Services, a Sri Lankan food manufacturer producing chilli paste and Maldive fish sambol since 1996, now exporting an 8-product range to 5+ countries. Owned the project end-to-end: design, build, deployment, and hosting.

React
Tailwind CSS
Firebase

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Oct 2024 — Feb 2025

AI-Powered Customer Support Chatbot

Full-stack LLM-integrated support interface, taken to MVP. Component-based React + Node.js chatbot wired to the OpenAI API for real-time conversational responses, with an asynchronous pipeline built to hold up under concurrent requests.

AI Chatbot System Design Diagram — System design — enquiry automation pipeline

React
Node.js
OpenAI API

Codebase is Oscar Wylee property — not publicly shareable

Dec 2022 — Jun 2023

Kryptruction — Web3 Recruitment Platform

A recruitment marketplace for the construction industry. React dashboard for real-time candidate tracking, MetaMask wallet auth, and Solidity smart contracts on Ethereum for secure payments, backed by MongoDB.

Screenshots shown — the local Ethereum test chain it depends on isn't running, so the live build isn't currently demoable.

React
TailwindCSS
MongoDB
Solidity
Ethereum Network
Metamask
Hardhat

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May 2026

Discover Colombo — Travel Guide

A responsive, multi-section travel guide covering destinations, dining, and accommodation, hand-built in HTML5, CSS3, and vanilla JavaScript with accessible, mobile-friendly layouts.

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript

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Oct 2025

IT Service Desk System

A Python CLI tool simulating ITIL service-management practice — ticket submission, monitoring, and resolution workflows, with data structures modelling users, technicians, and ticket priority.

Python
CLI
Data Structures

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Education

The Path

2025 — 2027 Expected Feb 2027

Master of Information Technology

Kaplan Business School, Melbourne — Web & Mobile Development Specialisation

Member, Australian Computer Society (ACS)

2019 — 2023 United Kingdom

B.Sc. (Hons) Software Engineering

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) · WAM 64.40% · 180 ECTS

I build the parts that actually ship.