Thiwanka Somachandra — Software Developer

About Me

A student in Hive Helsinki, learning both coding and problem-solving. I am good at working in challenging, autonomous, and collaborative environments, consistently focusing on achieving measurable results with high integrity. I possess strong interpersonal and professional acumen and am committed to continuous learning and improving processes.

Technical Skills

C
C++
Assembly
JavaScript
SQL
Systems
Graphics
Networking
Multithreading
Unix Signals
MiniLibX
wxWidgets
React
Express
Vite
Docker
CI/CD
Bash
MySQL
MariaDB
MongoDB
Git
Linux
macOS

Projects

minishell

Bash-like shell — parsing, signals, pipes, processes.

C • Signals • Processes • Parsing

miniRT

Ray tracer written in C — computation, rendering, math.

C • Graphics • Event loop

vocabularyApp

MERN app — REST API, Mongo, CI/CD, Docker.

React • Express • MongoDB • Docker

Dictionary

Converts large integers to words.

C • C++ • File I/O • wxWidgets

Achievements

QT Hackathon — Winning Team (2025)
Spreadsheet Samurai (2025)
Best Kaizen Award (2012)

Experience

Team Leader (House Keeping) — Siskon Siivous Oy (2022 – Present)

Operations Manager — Noble Vision Institute (Pvt) Ltd (2020 – 2022)

Entrepreneur — Somasiri Rice Merchandisers (Pvt) Ltd (2016 – 2020)

Executive Human Resources and Administration — MAS Active Trading (Pvt) Ltd (2012 – 2016)

Education

Hive Helsinki — Peer-to-peer coding (2024 – Present)
Full-Stack Open — University of Helsinki (2023 – 2024)
University of Kelaniya — Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Physics) (2010 – 2012)
NIBM — Diploma in Computer System Designing (2008 – 2010)