VP of Engineering @ Emojot | Scaling Engineering Teams, Platforms & Cloud-Native SaaS
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I am a cloud, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and engineering leadership professional currently serving as VP of Engineering at Emojot, a customer experience SaaS platform. My work sits at the intersection of product engineering, cloud architecture, secure delivery, compliance, reliability, and people leadership.
Over the years, I have led engineering teams, designed internal developer platforms, shaped cloud operating models, worked closely with customers and executives, and helped turn technical platforms into business-enabling products. I care deeply about building teams that own outcomes, platforms that reduce cognitive load, and systems that are secure, scalable, and useful in the real world.
My core areas of interest include platform engineering, DevSecOps, cloud security, SaaS architecture, engineering strategy, developer experience, compliance readiness, and building high-trust engineering organizations.
January 2026 - Present
- Leading the engineering organization at Emojot, driving product engineering, platform evolution, DevSecOps, quality, reliability, and delivery execution for a CX SaaS platform. Focused on building the next phase of Emojot as a unified Customer Experience Operating System while scaling engineering practices, team ownership, security, and enterprise readiness.
April 2025 - January 2026
- Led architecture and engineering direction for Sysco’s (NYSE: SYY) Internal Developer Platform, PaaStry+, across cloud-native platform capabilities, multi-cloud enablement, GitOps, developer experience, secure delivery patterns, and platform adoption. Worked across architecture, delivery, stakeholder management, and platform product thinking to reduce developer cognitive load and improve engineering velocity.
December 2023 - March 2025
- Provided engineering leadership for the Internal Developer Platform team at Sysco (NYSE: SYY), managing engineers while contributing hands-on to architecture, platform strategy, delivery planning, stakeholder alignment, and customer-facing platform discussions. Helped evolve the platform from a set of tools into a product-led engineering capability.
April 2023 - December 2023
- Led DevSecOps, cloud security, infrastructure, compliance, and platform reliability initiatives for Emojot. Focused on strengthening SaaS platform operations, improving security posture, supporting enterprise customer requirements, and aligning engineering practices with compliance and business needs.
March 2022 - March 2023
Led DevOps and cloud engineering initiatives, including AWS cost optimization, legacy architecture improvements, security automation, incident response improvements, and CI/CD enhancements. Worked closely with engineering and business stakeholders to improve platform resilience, delivery speed, and operational maturity.
June 2019 - March 2022
- Drove DevOps, cloud security, infrastructure-as-code, and compliance-focused improvements across Emojot’s AWS-hosted SaaS platform. Led infrastructure modernization using Terraform, strengthened security and regulatory readiness, and contributed to major architecture revamp initiatives.
January 2018 - June 2019
Developed and maintained client-facing product capabilities while contributing to platform reliability, automation, monitoring, and system availability. Worked across NodeJS, AngularJS, MongoDB, AWS services, Jenkins, WSO2 API Manager, and WSO2 Identity Server.
January 2017 - December 2017
- Built backend and frontend features for Emojot’s SaaS platform, contributed to Docker-based component packaging, automated build and release workflows, and implemented APIs and survey application capabilities using NodeJS, AngularJS, and MongoDB.
June 2016 - December 2016
- Developed backend and frontend features and fixed product issues across the Emojot SaaS platform, gaining early exposure to full-stack software engineering, SaaS delivery, and production systems.
January 2015 - January 2016
Led the MyDegree.lk voluntary project, creating Sri Lanka’s first online degree program search engine and coordinating web development delivery for the initiative.
AWS [Amazon Web Services]
Successfully Completed - View Certification
CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Successfully Completed - View Certification
2019 - 2022
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Cumulative GPA: 3.76/4.0
2013 - 2016
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
- 2nd Class Honours - Upper Division.