oct 2025 — present
Associate AI Engineer · iLabs
Agentic assistants, knowledge graphs, RAG, and LLM observability across CloudofGoods, About.lk and Xenia. → see the projects
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About me
associate ai engineer · battaramulla, sri lanka
I build AI features for real applications. The part I find most interesting is autonomy — how an agent decides, and how to make a system that reasons, retrieves, and acts without a human in every step. I try to stay tech-agnostic and work from first principles: understand the problem, find the real bottleneck, then build.
I earned my BSc (Hons) in Data Science from SLTC Research University, with early industrial exposure as an AI/Data Engineer Intern at Michelin Lanka. Today I work as an Associate AI Engineer at iLabs, where I've architected agentic assistants, knowledge-graph pipelines, and LLM observability stacks. Before all that — and still on the side — I spent years freelancing, shipping 50+ web, mobile and IoT apps.
what i'm into
- Agentic systems — orchestrators, sub-agents, tools, and making them reliable.
- Knowledge graphs + RAG — giving models structure and memory, not just a context window.
- LLM observability — being able to see what a model is actually doing.
the stack
tools i reach for, grouped by what they're for.
core languages Python · JavaScript · Dart
agentic & llms LangChain · LangGraph · Google ADK · Gemini APIs · OpenAI APIs
mlops · cloud · observability Vertex AI · AWS · GCP · LangSmith · Opik · Apache Airflow · MLflow · Docker · Kubernetes
ml & deep learning PyTorch · TensorFlow · JAX · OpenCV · YOLO
vector & graph dbs Milvus · Qdrant · Pinecone · Neo4j
backend FastAPI · Flask · Node.js (Express)
databases & baas PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Supabase · Firebase
architecture Hexagonal (Ports & Adapters) · Domain-Driven Design · Clean Code
frontend & mobile React · Flutter
the timeline
2024 — 2025
AI/Data Engineer Intern · Michelin Lanka
Predictive bottleneck modeling (SimPy + XGBoost) and an automated ETL pipeline that cut reporting from hours to seconds.
2020 — 2025
Freelance Software Developer (AI/ML)
50+ shipped apps across web, mobile and IoT — computer vision, deep learning, ESP32 embedded systems, full-stack across e-commerce, tourism and LMS.
2021 — 2025
BSc (Hons) Data Science · SLTC Research University
Final-year research on an Airflow-orchestrated data platform + a Transformer for sequential price prediction. → research details