Profile

Thareejan Pakkiyarajah

AI Engineer

Summary

Building practical AI solutions with a focus on quality, reproducibility, and real-world user value.

Experience

Machine Learning Engineer · Deep Data Insight

August 2025 – Present

  • Worked on voice-agent-based intelligent chatbot development.
  • Curated prompts and implemented guardrails for LLM applications.
  • Technologies: Python, Django, OpenAI Chat Completions, Docker.

Intern Software Engineer · DirectFN

January 2024 – June 2024

  • Contributed to DFN Core Development Team and Order Management System (OMS).
  • Gained practical exposure to FinTech and stock market domain workflows.
  • Technologies: Java, Spring, Oracle DB, Infinispan, BitBucket CI/CD, Linux.

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 Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, Bash
  • DevOps & MLOps: Docker, Jenkins

Education

BSc. (Hons) Information Technology, University of Moratuwa (June 2021 – August 2025)
Grade : GPA 3.54 / 4.2 - Second Class Uppper Division

Volunteer Experience

  • 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 Batticaloa and Ampara (Jan 2020 – Jun 2021)
  • Casual Staff, Batticaloa Election Commission Office (Mar 2020 – Aug 2020)

Achievements

  • Huawei ICT Competition 2022 (Cloud Track) — National Rank 10th Place
  • HackMoral 5.0 Inter Faculty Hackathon — Merit Award 5th Place (2023)
  • SLRC 2019 Sri Lanka Robotics Competition — Final Round Participant
  • NSSC 2018 Under 19 — Finalist · NSSC 2016 Under 17 — Finalist

Referees

  • Dr. Supunmali Ahangama — Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Moratuwa
    supunmali@uom.lk
  • Nilan L. — Co-Founder, Effectz.ai
    nilaan@effectz.ai