01Platform Engineering
Golden paths, CI/CD, observability, and SRE practices that reduce cognitive load and make delivery predictable.
Nuwan Kanakarathna
Platforms, people, and engineering economics — built to scale.
Fifteen years designing cloud-native platforms and high-performing teams across EdTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and Telecom — from core systems at Pearson to Head of Engineering at Qoria.
Engineering Leader · Platform · FinOps · GenAI
Impact
Measurable outcomes across platforms and teams.
35%
Less engineering friction
Platform roadmap and DevEx programs
40%
Faster delivery
Golden paths with FinOps clarity
400%
Data transfer lift
Go middleware at Duo Software
100+
Business entities
Multi-region ERP data platform
Focus
Where I create leverage.
Platform systems, developer experience, and cost discipline — the connective tissue between strategy and delivery.
02AI-Native DevEx
GenAI tools — Copilot, Gemini, Rovo, and internal agents — embedded in real workflows so teams ship with less friction.
03FinOps & Cost Discipline
Transparent cloud economics and spend governance that protect runway without slowing product velocity.
04Leadership at Scale
Org design, engineering maturity, and cross-functional execution across product, platform, QA, and global stakeholders.
Industries
EdTechFinTechHealthTechPropTechRegTechTelecom
Tech Stack / Tools
Claude CodeCodexGoogle AI StudioGemini Code AssistGitHub CopilotCursorPaperClipGetDXRovoKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPCI/CDPower BIBigQueryRedshiftPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisCouchbaseElasticsearchKafkaRabbitMQCassandraEvent HubData Lake.NET CoreGoAppDynamicsHyper-VSystem Center
Journey
Road to now
A calm map of career and travel — one path, many milestones.
2010
Career
First professional chapter
- Joined Duo Software as Associate Engineer
- Grew to Senior Technical Leader
- Go middleware, distributed caching, 400% data-transfer lift
2012–13
Travel
Travel
- Indonesia
- India
- Nepal
2015
Career
Scale at Pearson
- Technical Specialist at Pearson
- High-throughput caching platforms
- RabbitMQ and streaming analytics
- Systems used by millions of learners
2017
Travel
Travel
- United States
- Malaysia
2019
Career
CTO & multi-country delivery
- Technology Director / CTO at OS Trio
- Teams across Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Malaysia & UK
- Enterprise ERP on .NET Core and Azure
- Data platform for 100+ business entities
2021
Career
Into product leadership
- Software Development Manager at Octopus BI
- Bridged engineering execution with product growth
2023
Career
Advisor & architect
- Consulting with Insighture and others
- Australia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka
- Cloud, security, AI/ML, and architecture direction
2025
Career
Head of Engineering
- Head of Engineering at Qoria
- Scaled delivery and chaired Execution & Innovation Group
- Aligned local teams with global product strategy
- Australia
2026
Career
Platform Experience
- Engineering Manager — Platform Experience at Qoria
- DevEx and GenAI productivity
- FinOps transparency
- Reducing engineering friction
Now onto the next adventure...