Jeevan Pussella

Backend • 42 years • Partially remote • Work permits: Sri Lanka • Available in 4 weeks

Backend Developer

16+ years exp

Kotlin

Java

Active 2 days ago

+94 (77) 2916777

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Technical skills

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Overview

Senior backend engineering lead building Java and Spring Boot microservices on AWS and Kubernetes. Improved API performance and operational response by strengthening observability, monitoring, and alerting. Led team delivery and testing practices using JUnit/Mockito to improve reliability and uptime.

Technical skills

Kotlin

Java• Senior • 16y+

Kotlin

Mockito• 4y+

Java

Gradle

Hibernate

Maven

Spring Data JPA

Spring Security

Spring Boot• 5y+

Databases

RabbitMQ

MySQL• 16y+

Apache Kafka• 5y+

PostgreSQL• 5y+

Mobile

JUnit• 4y+

DevOps

CI/CD

Docker

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Splunk

Amazon EC2• 5y+

Amazon EKS• 5y+

Kubernetes• 5y+

AWS• 4y+

Azure• 4y+

Cybersecurity

SonarQube

Timeline

Senior Technical Lead - Backend Engineering • Lead

HCLTech • Full-Time

Feb 2022 to Present 4 Years 6 Months In office

Led hands-on backend engineering for Java and Spring Boot microservices on AWS. Built and integrated middleware services, improving API response times and strengthening error handling and caching. Established monitoring and alerting for service health, mentored the team on JUnit/Mockito-based testing, and optimized Kubernetes and Azure deployments to reduce infrastructure costs while maintaining high uptime.

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Azure

JUnit

Mockito

Associate Tech Lead - Backend Engineering • Lead

Axiata Digital Labs • Full-Time

Jul 2021 to Feb 2022 7 Months In office

Designed and launched cloud-native microservices for a financial super app using Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, and PostgreSQL. Implemented AWS infrastructure with EC2 and EKS and used CloudWatch for operational monitoring to support continuous transaction processing. Managed engineering delivery and stakeholder communication, coordinating issue resolution across teams to meet compliance and performance requirements.

Java

Spring Bootsince 2021

Kubernetessince 2021

Apache Kafka

PostgreSQLsince 2021

Amazon EC2

Amazon EKS

Senior Solution Developer • Senior

John Keells IT • Full-Time

Apr 2015 to Jul 2021 6 Years 3 Months In office

Led backend development across fintech platforms deployed in multiple countries, supporting large user bases. Worked on core banking integrations using secure REST/SOAP interfaces to enable wallet and fund transfer capabilities. Partnered with product owners and on-site teams to define technical requirements and architect scalable solutions for regional product launches.

Senior Software Engineer • Senior

Zmessenger (Pvt) Ltd • Full-Time

Jun 2012 to Apr 2015 2 Years 10 Months In office

Built and maintained an SMS gateway platform with a focus on high availability and message delivery reliability. Developed backend components using Java and MySQL, supporting features such as compliance monitoring and subscription services. Optimized message delivery workflows to reduce latency and failure rates while collaborating with QA and delivery teams to reduce post-release defects.

Java

MySQL

Software Engineer • Middle

Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd • Full-Time

Mar 2010 to Jun 2012 2 Years 3 Months In office

Contributed to the design, development, and launch of an enterprise platform by implementing backend services in Java with MySQL. Delivered telecom-related features for the British Telecom project through coordination with QA and product teams to support on-time releases. Performed code reviews and refactoring to improve maintainability and investigated integration-phase issues to improve UAT stability.

Javasince 2010

MySQLsince 2010