About Me

A Software Engineer specializing in backend and frontend development, as well as cloud-native microservice systems. Demonstrates strong experience with Spring Boot, React.js, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions and AWS. Skilled in designing and developing scalable solutions, contributing to cross-functional teams, and delivering production-grade applications.

In addition to my technical expertise, I possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, which I consider essential for effective collaboration and teamwork. I am a dedicated self-learner, committed to exerting my best effort in every endeavor, fueled by my insatiable curiosity.

Name : Dharshi Balasubramaniyam
Email : dharshib.8@gmail.com
Degree : BSC hons, Software Engineering
CGPA : 3.91
Phone : +94 764281886
Address : Kattuwa, Negombo.

Work Experience

Internship

Software Engineer - Intern | Oct 2024 - Mar 2025

WSO2 LLC, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka.

Designed and implemented an Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) solution, automating data extraction from paper form and feeding extracted data into database, web application, and legacy desktop system — with zero human intervention.

Developed a VS Code web extension for the Ballerina programming language, integrating a WebSocket server that wraps the language server, supporting language features and graphical low-code features.

Software Engineer

Software Engineer | Oct 2025 - Present

WeCrest, Seoul, South Korea.

Enhanced the existing system by migrating to React.js, Redux, and Spring Boot, incorporating automated email functionality, a new administrative interface, and significant user-facing enhancements.

Successfully addressed and resolved over 90 reported bugs, substantially improving system stability and the overall user experience.

Education Qualification

Studies

BSC honors in Software Engineering | 2022 - present
University of Kelaniya
Current GPA: 3.91

GCE Advance Level | 2020
NG/Wijayaratnam Hindu Central College
Results: Combined Mathematics: A, Physics: B, ICT: A
Z-Score: 2.0059

GCE Ordinary Level | 2016
NG/Wijayaratnam Hindu Central College
Results: 9 A

Certification

Alison
Diploma in C programming
Diploma in Web Dev using HTML, CSS
JAVASCRIPT for dynamic and interactive web pages

Sololearn
PHP
Introduction to JAVA, JAVA intermediate
Introduction to SQL, SQL intermediate

HackerRank
React Js

Acheivements

Hacktoberfest 2025 - Opensource program
Earned all Hacktoberfest badges — including the Supercontributor and Tree Planted (Tree-Nation) badges.

GSSOC'24 - Opensource program
Ranked #19 by merging 100 pull requests and accumulating 2965 points.

Junior Hack 5.0 - Intra university hackothon
Associated with Software Engineering Students Association, University of Kelaniya.
Led the team Tech Warriors of 4 and won first place.

Technical Skills

Projects

Purely

Developed a cloud-first microservices e-commerce web application where users can browse items, add them to the cart, and purchase them.
The architecture leverages Spring Boot microservices, Spring Cloud Gateway, and Eureka Service Registry, with a React.js frontend and MongoDB databases.
The solution is containerized and deployed to AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) using Helm and automated via GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.

CI/CD Automation

An Inventory CRUD application demonstrates a complete CI/CD pipeline, by automating the build, dockerization, and deployment processes.
The application is packaged into a Docker container and the Docker image is pushed to DockerHub.
Deployment utilizes Amazon ECR for Docker image storage and deploys on Amazon ECS with Fargate and ELB.
Automated build, dockerization, and deployment of the application using GitHub Actions.

My wallet

Developed a full-stack expense tracking web application facilitating seamless management of day-to-day finances.
Implemented multi-role functionality with user authentication, enabling secure access for both users and administrators, with email verification.
Designed intuitive user dashboards and monthly summaries and users, transactions,and category management for administrators, enhancing overall user experience and financial oversight

Notes App

Developed a user-friendly notes app enabling seamless note management functionalities by authentication, folder management, nested folders, text formatting, search functionality and responsive design.
Users can log in and createan account using either email/password or Google account.

Blogie

Developed backend for a blogging platform.
Implemented user authentication, blog management, likes and comments, and tag-based search functionalities for both users and administrators.

Pink pearl

Contributed to a full-stack web application, a platform for ordering ladies fashion products online, as part of a group project for the Web Application Development course module.
My responsibilities are the key features including order history viewing, order status tracking, shopping cart management, wish list functionality, user profile viewing, profile editing and checkout processes.

Blog Articles

Getting Started with RAG by Building a QA Assistant

19 min read

Understanding State Management in React.js

15 min read

Getting started with Microservices

16 min read

Getting started with MERN stack

22 min read

Securing Spring boot applications with JWT: Part 1