Software Engineer + AI Engineer

Manoharan Thushantha Sanju

I build reliable product software and AI features that can hold up outside a demo.

My work spans React and Next.js interfaces, Node.js and Python services, delivery automation, and applied AI, with experience across healthcare software, workflow products, and ML-driven applications.

Manoharan Thushantha Sanju
Current focus

Currently completing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence, focused on NLP, reliable prediction, and explainable machine learning.

3+ years

Software engineering experience

Delivery across healthcare, automation products, AI workflows, and platform engineering.

MSc in AI

Current postgraduate study

Academic work focused on practical machine learning, NLP, and model reliability.

4 flagship builds

Selected portfolio projects

Applied AI builds and full-stack product work with clear engineering context.

Core focus

AI systems, full-stack engineering, cloud delivery

Built with React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, Docker, CI/CD, and transformer-based NLP.

About

Engineering depth across product delivery, AI systems, and reliable release work.

I do my best work where product engineering meets delivery quality. I can move from frontend UI to backend services to CI/CD and AI integration without losing focus on maintainability.

That matters when a team needs someone who can ship across the stack, make sensible technical decisions, and keep the product stable while it is still moving quickly.

Software engineering

I can move from product UI to API design to delivery workflows without losing sight of maintainability.

AI systems

My AI work stays practical: NLP pipelines, transformer models, explainability, and reliability-aware thinking.

Cloud delivery

I have worked on CI/CD, containerised delivery, monitoring, and production deployment instead of treating them as someone else’s job.

Production reliability

I care about how software behaves after release: stability, testing, observability, and real-world usability.

Flagship Projects

Work that shows how I build, not just what I used.

One project leads the story. The others show range across product engineering and applied AI.

Applied AI / Healthcare

Reliable ICD Code Recommendation

Problem

Clinical coding work is high-volume and hard to trust when a model gives predictions without context.

What I built

A transformer-based ICD recommendation workflow with uncertainty-aware output and token-level explanations for review.

Why it matters

Pushed the project beyond raw prediction by focusing on trust, interpretability, and reviewability.

Full-stack ML Product

Stock-Crypto Prediction Platform

Built

A MERN and Flask product that combines market views, prediction logic, and recommendation flows in one interface.

Result

Turned a model-driven idea into a usable product flow rather than a standalone experiment.

Product Engineering

Movie Ticket Booking System

Built

A full-stack booking application with JWT authentication and connected browse, select, and checkout flows.

Result

Showed full-stack ownership across auth, user flow design, and connected frontend-backend delivery.

Research-led NLP

Clinical Notes NLP Analyzer

Built

A transformer-based NLP pipeline for entity extraction and structured interpretation of clinical note data.

Result

Extended my healthcare AI work from classification into extraction and structured analysis.

Experience

Roles where I owned delivery, not just isolated tickets.

Short version: what I built, what improved, and where I had real ownership.

Jan 2025 - Mar 2025

San Francisco, USA

CueCard AI

Software Engineer

Built AI-assisted product workflows across frontend, backend, and automation.

  • Built an AI sales assistant with React, Node.js, and Python.
  • Cut content production time by 50% and improved engagement by 35%.
  • Integrated CMS, social, and analytics APIs into a modular workflow.

Aug 2024 - Dec 2024

Toronto, Canada

Bconic

Software Engineer

Delivered workflow tooling for marketing automation and campaign operations.

  • Built product features in Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript.
  • Reduced campaign setup time by 45% through workflow automation.
  • Implemented email automation and real-time dashboard flows.

Jun 2023 - Jul 2024

Brasilia, Brazil

Level 33 Solutions

Software Engineer

Modernized healthcare software across UI, services, and platform structure.

  • Helped rebuild a hospital management system using React, NestJS, and microservices.
  • Improved latency by 30% through frontend and service optimization.
  • Improved user satisfaction by simplifying UX and workflow performance.

Apr 2022 - Feb 2024

Colombo, Sri Lanka

OREL IT

Trainee Software Engineer

Focused on delivery automation and engineering workflow improvements.

  • Built CI/CD pipelines with Docker and GitHub Actions.
  • Reduced deployment time by 60%.
  • Supported microservices migration work that improved reliability.
  • Contributed to internal product and workflow improvements.
Technical Strengths

Capability grouped by real usage context, not arbitrary scores.

Grouped by where I have actually used the tools, not by self-scored percentages.

Languages

Used in production delivery, API work, automation, and AI projects.

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL

Frontend

Used for product interfaces, workflow builders, dashboards, and responsive app shells.

ReactNext.jsResponsive UI systemsClient-side form flows

Backend

Used for APIs, service integrations, workflow logic, and distributed application layers.

Node.jsNestJSExpressFlaskREST APIsMicroservices

AI / ML

Used in NLP projects, transformer-based modeling, explainability work, and research builds.

PyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnTransformersNLPExplainable AI

DevOps / Cloud

Used to make releases faster, deployments more reliable, and systems easier to operate.

DockerGitHub ActionsJenkinsAWS EC2AWS S3Monitoring

Databases / Tools

Supporting day-to-day engineering work across applications, automation, and testing.

PostgreSQLMongoDBGitLinuxJestPyTest
Research & Education

Research that supports the engineering side of my work.

My academic work strengthens my engineering profile. It is focused on AI that can be explained, evaluated carefully, and used responsibly in real systems.

2025 - 2026

MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors

Coventry University

Current postgraduate work focused on NLP, reliable machine learning, uncertainty-aware prediction, and human-centred AI evaluation.

Engineering foundation

Bachelor's in Software Engineering

Sri Lanka Institute of Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Built my foundation in software engineering, application development, databases, systems design, and delivery-focused engineering practice.

Current MSc focus

Transformer-based NLP and explainable AI methods that keep predictions interpretable and decision-useful.

Publication

Recommendation System for Stock and Cryptocurrency Market Using Cutting Edge Machine Learning Technology

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering & Technology (IRJIET) · November 28, 2023

Publication on machine-learning-based recommendation for stock and cryptocurrency market analysis.

Contact

If you need someone who can ship product work and AI delivery, let's talk.

I am open to engineering roles, applied AI work, and product teams that care about quality.

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