just Harsha, off the clock
Personal mode
I grew up in Mawathagama, a small town in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Somewhere between school and the bank counter I fell for building things with code.
Off the clock, music is what heals me: Avenged Sevenfold turned up loud, or Gareth Emery's trance. When it's quiet, I'm lost in a book, or making friends with the nearest cat.
01 / Journey
The short version of how I got here. Scroll and watch it unfold.
2019
Interned for a year at Bank of Ceylon, Super Grade Branch, Kurunegala. My first taste of real teams, real customers and real responsibility.
2020
Started a BSc (Hons) in Information Technology. Also jumped into Code Rush, my first coding competition.
2021
Reached the finals of TADHack, joined Road to Codemania, and started volunteering with AIESEC and SEDS Mora.
2022
Vice President in Finance for AIESEC Colombo South recruitment, sales team leader, and a Software Engineering Intern at Creative Software.
2024
Finished my degree with a CGPA of 3.50 and a final-year research project on making AI chatbots more consistent.
2025
Joined IXD Labs as an Associate Software Engineer, shipping fitness platforms across Flutter, React, Django and Spring Boot.
2026
Building factory software as a Full Stack Developer, shipping my own side projects (JobReady and Sathva), and open to the next challenge.
02 / Giving back
AIESEC taught me to lead teams and handle budgets; hackathons taught me to ship under pressure.
OC Vice President in Finance
2022
Recruitment OC, AIESEC Colombo South
OC Member in Marketing & Branding
2022
ThinkWave 3.0, AIESEC Colombo South
Team Leader in Sales
2022
Incoming Global Talent & Teacher, AIESEC Colombo South
Core Committee Member in Marketing & Branding
2021
Asia Pacific Innovation Challenge, AIESEC Asia Pacific
Organizing Committee Member
2021 - 2023
SEDS Mora, University of Moratuwa
Finalist
2021
TADHack
Participant
2022
Hack Moral 4.0
Participant
2021
Road to Codemania
Participant
2020
Code Rush
03 / Hobbies
Music, books, sport, travel and the night sky, plus a couple of side quests and a big soft spot for animals.
"Music heals me."
It's my favourite hobby and the first thing I reach for after a long day. And it has two sides.
Two sides of me
Avenged Sevenfold
Rock
Gareth Emery
Electronic trance
I love the guitar, and I'm learning to play it. Very much a work in progress.
learning in progress
My favourite song, from my favourite band: Avenged Sevenfold
So Far Away
Avenged Sevenfold | Nightmare (2010)
30-second preview courtesy of Apple Music. Full song onApple Music Spotify YouTube video
I've been reading since I was young, and these days I don't only read books, I listen to them too.
Favourites
Smith and the Pharaohs
H. Rider Haggard
My all-time favourite
Harry Potter series
J. K. Rowling
The series I keep coming back to
How I read
I once asked myself why music became my #1 hobby. The answer: it's easy to bring anywhere: driving, walking, travelling, resting, partying, bathing, even falling asleep. Audiobooks let books come along the same way: I can close my eyes and still pick up a story.
Playing with friends or following a match is how I switch off and recharge. My heroes:
I love travelling, but I also love being at home, at peace; it resets me. When I need a break from work and some solitude, these are the places I escape to:
I love looking past the limits of our own planet, observing the night sky and trying to identify what's out there beyond Earth.
It's also why I joined SEDS Mora (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) at university.
What I'm levelling up these days
I love animals, all of them. Cats are my favourite, hands down.
And elephants. I've never even touched one, and I can't explain why, but I love them.
That's also why I'm building Sathva, a free marketplace that helps people in Sri Lanka find, rehome and adopt pets. Visit Sathva
Open to animal-welfare work
I'm open to animal-welfare work: volunteering my time or my software skills for a non-profit. If your organization could use a hand, I'd love to hear from you.
Send me a message