Kavinda 'Kevin' Kobbekaduwe
Full-stack engineer and systems architect with 10+ years of experience in web application design, automation, and API-based integrations. Skilled in architecting distributed FastAPI services, scalable cloud deployments, and modern frontend frameworks.
Strong background in project management, database design, and system integrations across AWS, Railway, and Directus environments. Known for building high-performance backend systems that merge business logic with real-world automation.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
Next.js + Mantine UI front-end paired with FastAPI/Directus back-end that matches travellers with vetted Sri Lankan experience provide...
Next.js + Mantine UI front-end paired with FastAPI/Directus back-end that matches travellers with vetted Sri Lankan experience providers.
- Led brand identity, colour palette, and UX wireframes; shipped production-ready UI in 4 weeks.
- Engineered booking flow with calendar availability, provider vetting, and email sequences
- Introduced provider suspension & content-approval pipelines to keep quality high and fraud low.
Toolbox of high-performance APIs and a forthcoming React “screen-stack” dashboard that turns common web-ops headaches into single-call...
Toolbox of high-performance APIs and a forthcoming React “screen-stack” dashboard that turns common web-ops headaches into single-call solutions.
- Architected a server-stack of horizontally-scaling FastAPI micro-services on Railway, backed by AWS Lambda workers for burst workloads.
- Designed a data-model layer with Pydantic v2 + Directus CMS to cut CRUD boilerplate by ~70 % while keeping schema evolution explicit.
- Implemented Playwright browser clusters with context recycling, memory watchdogs, and Prometheus probes to keep per-request RAM < 120 MB.
- Current API functionality: status code checking, full screen webpage screenshots, favicon extraction, website crawling, image compression, broken link checkers, html code extractors, redirect chain audit tools, etc.
- Resolved critical PHP / Python backend issues at Ox Digital; trimmed average page-load time 40% for WordPress sites.
- Arch...
- Resolved critical PHP / Python backend issues at Ox Digital; trimmed average page-load time 40% for WordPress sites.
- Architected ForkThis (FastAPI + AWS Lambda + Railway + Railway + PostgreSQL + Directus) - See projects.
- Built and documented REST APIs (screenshot, favicon, link-health, indexability, image compression) with OpenAPI specs and Postman tests.
- Added auto-scaling, memory watchdogs, and other metrics for stable production.
- Automated Smartsheet SEO workflows via serverless functions, cutting manual effort 62%.
- Delivered 35+ production sites; performance focused – SEO optimized.
- Notable builds: Habitat.org.nz // SatoriWest.com // APIMetrology.com // NewLeafTech.com