Junior Software Engineer AI Applications

Location:

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Salary:

170000

Posted:

April 20, 2026

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NAVINDU BALASOORIYA

AI ENGINEER DATA SCIENTIST MACHINE LEARNING DEVELOPER

+94-768-***-*** *********@*****.*** 491, Old Rd,Kottawa-Srilanka, 10230 ABOUT ME

AI Engineer and Data Scientist with a BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science from Robert Gordon University, currently pursuing an MSc at the University of Moratuwa. Specializing in LLM applications, RAG systems, and AI automation, with hands-on experience building scalable AI solutions across recruitment, healthcare, and analytics domains. Strong in machine learning, NLP, and big data technologies with a focus on real-world impact. AI Developer Vectorium Labs Jul 2025 – Present

Built an AI powered recruitment application with automated candidate summarization, smart question recommendations, and AI-assisted hiring workflows.

Developed a wellness web application that generates AI-driven personalized recommendations based on user inputs and behavioral patterns.

Integrated LLM based video and content generation components to support intelligent digital media creation and internal experimentation.

Tech stack: Python, AWS, FastAPI, Flask, OpenAI API, LLMs PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IT Intern – Data Science & Automation Baker Tilly Edirisinghe & Co Dec 2024 – Jul 2025 Built AI agents and automation workflows for marketing, content operations, and internal business support. Designed business applications to improve audit-related processes, operational tracking, and compliance activities. Implemented automation tools using Power Apps and Power Automate to reduce manual processing in compliance tasks.

Applied Alteryx and SQL for data analysis and reporting workflows. Tech stack: Python, SQL, Alteryx, Power Apps, Power Automate, OpenAI Intern – Big Data & Data Science Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd Jul 2022 – Jul 2023 Contributed to data processing and analytics workflows within a telecommunications environment. Applied machine learning models to generate predictive insights from large-scale datasets. Worked with senior engineers on big data-oriented solutions using Hadoop, Kafka, TensorFlow, and SQL. Explored emerging data science technologies for R&D oriented use cases. Tech stack: Hadoop, Kafka, TensorFlow, SQL

AI Recruitment Platform

Developed an AI recruitment system capable of summarizing candidate profiles and generating interview questions automatically.

Implemented intelligent candidate ranking and automated evaluation features to assist HR decision making. PROJECTS & RESEARCH

AI Wellness Recommendation System

Built an AI-powered platform to deliver personalized health recommendations using user data. Integrated LLMs for context-aware guidance and user interaction. Applied machine learning techniques to analyze health-related inputs and optimize recommendation accuracy. Built a real-time recommendation pipeline for dynamic and adaptive user insights. Breast Cancer Prediction Models – Final Year Project Developed a breast cancer prediction model using advanced feature selection methods, including PCA and graph- based approaches.

Integrated mammography-related data to support early detection and model analysis. Agentic Research Assistant (RAG System)

Developed a document-based research assistant using LangChain, FAISS, and GPT models. Built a Gradio interface for PDF upload, question answering, and structured research support. Appliance Energy Prediction Model

Designed an LSTM-based deep learning model for time-series forecasting. Improved prediction accuracy through feature engineering and temporal analysis. NLP Text Classification Project

Built an NLP model for text classification using tokenization and feature extraction techniques. Compared multiple approaches to improve model performance and accuracy. Processed and analyzed textual data for meaningful insights. MSc in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 2026 – Present University of Moratuwa - Department of Computer Science and Engineering EDUCATION

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Python, Java, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, R Technologies: TensorFlow, Docker, Neo4j, RASA, AWS, Apache Kafka, Jupyter Notebook, Hadoop,OpenAI, Alteryx, Power Apps, Power Automate

Tools: Intellij IDEA, Pycharm, VS Code, Apache Flink Integration of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in the Financial Industry (Group Project) Applied XAI techniques to interpret machine learning models in financial use cases. Analyzed applications in fraud detection, credit scoring, and stock market prediction. Red Listed Plant Detection Application - TensorFlow Developed a TensorFlow-based web app that identifies Red Listed plants using leaf photos. BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science 2020 – 2024 Robert Gordon University, Scotland, United Kingdom Key subjects: Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Computational Intelligence, Deep Learning, AI, and Data Science. Ananda College Colombo - 10 2020

G.C.E. Advanced Level in Physical Science Stream (Sinhala Medium) Results: Combined Mathematics - S Physics - C ICT (English Medium)- C Dharmapala Vidyalaya Pannipitiya 2017

G.C.E. Ordinary Level (Sinhala Medium)

Results: 9A’s

CERTIFICATIONS

Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science – NVIDIA

AWS Academy Graduate – Data Engineering

AWS Academy Graduate – Machine Learning Foundations LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

Deputy Leader, Sri Lanka Delegation – 2025 China–South Asia Youth Leaders Exchange Program & World Youth Conference for Peace

ANANDA COLLEGE COLOMBO - 10: Ananda College, Colombo: Asst. Treasurer, Science Society; Asst. Secretary, ICT Society; Vice President, Marine Association; Chairperson, ‘PULZ’ ICT Convention (2019-2020) DHARMAPALA VIDYALAYA PANNIPITIYA: Senior Prefect (2016-2017) INFORMATICS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT): Communications & Media Secretary of Sports Council (2024), House Captain of GAMINI House (2024), Treasure of IIT Parade Committee (2023), Cricket Coordinator of IIT Cricket Team (2023- 2024), Vice Captain of GAMINI House (2023), Secretary of the ‘ LEO LEAGUE’22 ' cricket tournament organized by LEO Club (2022), Chairperson of the ‘EKWA HINAHEMU’ Charity project organized by LEO Club(2021), Candidate Of Student Union Election (Asst Secretary) (2021/22), Member of IIT Cricket Team (2021 - 2024), Member of Interact Club (2021), Member of IIT(University) Leo Club (2021), Member of IIT(University) Rotaract Club (2021) AWARDS

1st Place (90m Beach Sprint) – 30th National Life Saving Intermediate Championship 2019 2nd Place (90m Beach Sprint) – 32nd National Life Saving Intermediate Championship 2019 3rd Place (90m Beach Sprint) – 31st National Life Saving Intermediate Championship 2018 3rd Place REFERENCES

Roshan Watawala

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Director of Marketing

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Chandima Rajaguru

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Senior Manager - Big Data & Data

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