Level 4 research project for AI-assisted grading with graph-augmented retrieval workflows.
Thareejan Pakkiyarajah
AI Engineer
Building practical AI solutions with a focus on quality, reproducibility, and real-world user value.
About
Experience working in full-stack development and generative AI (LLM) projects, with hands-on work across backend engineering, prompt design, guardrails, and production deployment.
Skills
Software Development: Spring Boot, ReactJS, Flask, FastAPI, Oracle DB
Machine Learning: Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn
Cloud: AWS, Azure, Firebase
Generative AI: LangChain, ChromaDB, Prompt Engineering, Hugging Face, Ollama
Programming: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, Bash
DevOps & MLOps: Docker, Jenkins
Experience
Machine Learning Engineer · Deep Data Insight
August 2025 – Present
- Worked on voice-agent-based intelligent chatbot development.
- Curated prompts and developed guardrails for LLM applications.
- Stack: Python, Django, OpenAI Chat Completions, Docker.
Intern Software Engineer · DirectFN
January 2024 – June 2024
- Contributed to DFN Core development and Order Management System (OMS).
- Gained domain experience in FinTech and stock market systems.
- Stack: Java, Spring, Oracle DB, Infinispan, BitBucket CI/CD, Linux server.
Education
BSc. (Hons) Information Technology, University of Moratuwa (June 2021 – August 2025)
Grade: Second Class Upper Division
Volunteer & Achievements
Volunteer Roles
- Web Team Coordinator, Tamil Literary Association (Dec 2024 – Present)
- Committee Member, IT Faculty Students' Union (Jul 2023 – Sep 2024)
- Editor & Web Master, Education Incentive Association (Jan 2020 – Jun 2021)
Achievements
- Huawei ICT Competition 2022 (Cloud Track) – National Rank 10
- HackMoral 5.0 Inter Faculty Hackathon – Merit Award (5th Place)
- NSSC 2018 Under 19 – Finalist
Articles
Agentic Design Patterns 1 article(s)
Engineering Notes 1 article(s)
- Building in Public
Mar 1, 2026
Projects
AI-powered resume matching and recommendation platform developed as a joint project.
LLM chatbot focused on cricket law queries with reduced hallucination and better scope control.
Tool for code suggestions and cross-language refactoring support.
Level 3 collaborative project using microservice architecture for retail workflows.
Industry-based project enabling users to donate food and money through a unified platform.
Level 1 hardware project for gesture-driven control of a goods gripper system.