
Tharupahan Jayawardana
Engineering the future for a better world.
Scalable Engineering
I build scalable and high-performing applications with intuitive user experiences. Through a variety of projects, I have gained hands-on experience across modern development practices.
Continuous Learning
I continuously explore emerging technologies and contribute to open source, sharpening my skills to deliver the best solutions for every project.
Professional Experience
Research Assistant
North Carolina State University
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026

Contributed to DNATrace, a high performance bioinformatics library for DNA-based data storage and analysis. Focused on optimizing critical computational bottlenecks through Python - C++ integration.
Software Engineer Intern
Tecxa (PVT) LTD
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025

Contributed to Sri Lanka Fintech Summit 2026 Web/Mobile apps, connecting 2000+ fintech leaders worldwide
Co-Founder
Forlo (PVT) LTD
Apr 2025 - Present

At Forlo, I drive business strategy and shape our vision, ensuring we create sustainable value while upholding the highest quality standards.
Projects

Project 1 / 10
Elderly
A web-based platform that connects elderly individuals with caregivers for home based caregiving sessions. Developed collaboratively with my team.

Project 2 / 10
RSI Monitor
A stock monitoring tool that helps investors identify overbought and oversold stocks on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Project 3 / 10
SRH Wellness
Personal website for a medical practitioner with an AI health assistant.

Project 4 / 10
Forlo
Corporate website for Forlo (PVT) LTD, showcasing the company's services, portfolio, and expertise in digital solutions.

Project 5 / 10
Sri Lanka Fintech Summit
Web and mobile application for Sri Lanka Fintech Summit 2026, the premier event connecting visionary leaders, startups, and investors to drive Sri Lanka's digital economy and financial inclusion.

Project 6 / 10
Medical Q&A Fine-Tuning
Fine-tuned Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct on PubMedQA using QLoRA (4-bit quantization) for clinical yes/no/maybe classification. Trained on Google Colab T4 GPU with TRL's SFTTrainer, tracked via TensorBoard, and deployed a live Gradio demo to Hugging Face Spaces.
Work in Progress
Project 7 / 10
Fraternité '26 Gate Management
End-to-end event ticketing and gate management platform serving 70+ participants. Automated Python pipeline with Google Sheets API and Gmail SMTP generates QR-coded tickets with embedded participant data, backed by a real-time Next.js gate app with live entry dashboard.

Project 8 / 10
YouTube Summarizer
A 3-agent LangGraph pipeline (Transcriber → Summarizer → QA) processing YouTube videos with transcript chunking, structured summarization with timestamps, and context-aware multi-turn QA. Deployed to Streamlit Cloud using Groq-hosted LLMs for low-latency inference.

Project 9 / 10
Finance Compliance Assistant
RAG pipeline over CBSL circulars and Sri Lankan financial regulations using LangChain, ChromaDB, and Llama 3.1 8B via Groq. Semantic search with nomic-embed-text embeddings returns structured cited answers to plain-language legal queries, evaluated with RAGAS faithfulness and context precision metrics.

Project 10 / 10
Reddit Product Research
4-agent CrewAI pipeline (Subreddit Finder → Reddit Fetcher → Sentiment Analyzer → Report Writer) producing structured JSON buyer reports from live Reddit data. FastAPI backend with Pydantic v2 schema validation, subreddit existence validation, per-request rate-limiting, and comment deduplication to prevent hallucination.
Recommendations

Dr. Prassana Varun Logenthiran
M.B,B.S, MBA, D.Phil. (Oxon) | Lecturer (Physiology), University of Sri Jayewardenepura
SRH Wellness
"I wholeheartedly recommend Tharupahan for any website development or digital presence needs. As a clinician, I needed a personal website for my practice but was concerned a developer might struggle to grasp complex medical concepts. Tharupahan not only proved me wrong but delivered a product that exceeded my highest expectations."

Gunavaran Brihadiswaran
PhD Student / Researcher
NC State University, USA
"I worked with Tharupahan on a project developing cross-platform tools for DNA sequencing data processing. During his time on the project, he consistently demonstrated strong initiative. Beyond his technical contributions, he is an active participant in both one-on-one and group meetings, never hesitating to engage in technical discussions. He is reliable, finishes his work on time, and would be an asset to any team."
Skills & Technologies
Frontend
Backend
Databases
AI/ML
DevOps
Other
Certifications

IBM
Certificate of Completion
Generative AI Engineering
Dec 2025
ID: 5GSL5RG5VIZF

Meta
Certificate of Completion
Back-End Developer
Oct 2025
ID: XXC5JUA1I8MA

Meta
Certificate of Completion
Front-End Developer
Oct 2025
ID: GJU9YL0I7U0P
AWS
Certificate of Completion
Microservices and CI/CD Pipeline Builder
Feb 2026
AWS
Certificate of Completion
Cloud Foundations
Feb 2026

Certificate of Completion
Cybersecurity
Sep 2025
ID: 6BKZ5UQBBR8M

Certificate of Completion
Project Management
Sep 2025
ID: Y0TFWC55F0TW
Atlassian
Certificate of Completion
Agile With Atlassian Jira
Oct 2025
ID: F8AYH1JV1MZG

Microsoft
Certificate of Completion
Excel
Sep 2025
ID: PU4Y1T6G09FS
Education
B.Sc. Engineering Honours, Computer Science and Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Jun 2024 - Jun 2028
2nd Year Undergraduate

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
ACCA
Jan 2021 - Mar 2024
Affiliate

High School
Royal College Colombo
2014 - 2022

Competitions & Achievements






Winner
1st PlaceStartup Spark 2.0
IESL Student Chapter UOM
Secured 1st place with an innovative healthcare solution at IESL's premier startup competition, competing against university teams nationwide. Awarded cash prize and earned an exclusive invitation to the Neo Ventures incubator program.






Finalist
Top 14Mobitel CodeBlast
SLT Mobitel
Selected as one of the top 14 finalists from over 100 competing teams nationwide in SLT-Mobitel's prestigious Hackathon. Developed an innovative healthcare solution leveraging the mSpace platform, demonstrating excellence in app development and problem-solving.
Activities
I've participated and contributed to various events and competitions, including SLIoT Challenge 2026, CSE Hit The Grounds 2025, IESL Startup Spark 2.0, Mobitel CodeBlast 2025, Sri Lanka Fintech Summit 2025, and Fraternite 25.






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