Software Quality Engineer

I build quality
software through systematic testing.

I ensure quality at every stage of development. From test strategy to automation frameworks, I help teams ship reliable software faster.

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1+Years Experience
10+Projects Shipped
99%Satisfaction

01 — About

A bit about me

Open to work
Akila Lakshitha

Akila Lakshitha

Available

I approach testing as a craft. My work spans manual testing, automation architecture, and quality strategy — helping teams build confidence in their releases by catching issues before they ever reach production.

Focus area
Quality Assurance & Test Automation
Location
Panadura, Sri Lanka
Availability
Open to projects
Languages
English, Sinhala

02 — Skills

What I do best

A comprehensive toolkit for ensuring software quality across web, mobile, and API platforms.

Development · 9 tools

Development

Development

Building production web apps end to end — React/Next.js front ends and Node/Express back ends.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsExpressSupabaseFirebaseThree.js

03 — Experience

The road so far

Career

Experience

  1. 2026 — Present

    Intern - QA Engineer

    Mitra Innovation (Pvt) Ltd

    Contributing to quality across enterprise applications — writing and executing manual test cases, validating REST APIs, and building automated test scripts under the QA team's guidance.

    • Manual Testing
    • API Testing
    • Test Automation
Study

Education

2023 - 2026Degree

BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering

University of Plymouth, UK

Studied at NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka

Credentials

Certifications

  • May 2026ISTQB Certified Tester — Foundation Level (CTFL)ISTQB · Sri Lanka Software Testing Board (SLSTB)CTFL Core v4.0
  • 2025Software Quality Assurance Advanced LevelInstitute of Information Technology
  • 2024Software Quality Assurance Foundation LevelSri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Beyond work

Events & Competitions

  • 2024IX 24Inter-University Designathon — IEEE Student Branch of IITParticipation
  • 2024CodeSprint 8Inter-University Startup Battle — IEEE Student Branch of IITParticipation

04 — Projects

Selected work

A collection of testing frameworks and quality initiatives I've built.

Desyn preview

HCI · 3D Web App

Desyn

A browser-based interior design tool for furniture retailers and interior designers — build 2D floor plans and 3D room visualisations, manage a design portfolio, and share or export layouts, with nothing to install.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptReact Three FiberThree.jsFirebaseZustandTailwind CSSPlaywright
EZY Notez preview

Full-Stack · AI/ML · Real-Time Web App

Live

EZY Notez

An AI-powered academic learning platform that turns a student's own study material — PDFs, slides, audio, and YouTube — into quizzes, flashcards, summaries, and a RAG chatbot, with real-time collaborative study rooms.

Next.jsTypeScriptFastAPISupabaseSocket.IO
Acceleration-Based User Authentication preview

AI/ML · Biometrics · Signal Processing

Live

Acceleration-Based User Authentication

A MATLAB ML pipeline that authenticates users from mobile accelerometer data — extracting time-domain features, training a neural network, and reaching ~96.4% accuracy.

MATLABFeed-forward NNPCASignal ProcessingFeature Engineering
Food Ordering System preview

Full-Stack · Web App

Live

Food Ordering System

A containerized full-stack ordering platform — admin menu/order management, a customer portal, Stripe checkout, and real-time status updates, built on Node/Express, React/TypeScript, MongoDB and Redis.

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpressMongoDBRedisStripeDocker

06 — Design · UI / UX

Interfaces & interaction

Product screens and flows I've designed — where usability meets a considered visual system.

UGC — Higher Education Portal — slide 1 of 4

UGC — Higher Education Portal
UI / UX

UGC — Higher Education Portal

A redesign of Sri Lanka's University Grants Commission site, structured for clarity and trust.

Flyers & Campaigns

Posters that carry a story

Event flyers and campaign sets — bold central subjects, cohesive palettes, and typography tuned to travel across print and social.

DevOps Workshop — Countdown — slide 1 of 3

DevOps Workshop — Countdown
Flyer

DevOps Workshop — Countdown

A dark, nebula-red countdown flyer for an IEEE two-day DevOps workshop.

05 — Highlights

Latest platforms

Live products I'm building and shipping right now.

Your notes, finally in flow

A collaborative workspace with study rooms and aura theming.

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Let's build something reliable together.

Looking for a QA engineer who cares about quality as much as you do? I'm currently available for new opportunities.