Experience

Eight years shipping enterprise SaaS and FinTech — Associate to Team Lead.

2024

Australia

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

Round-Up (PokitPal) – Multi-Tenant SaaS FinTech Platform

Node.js, Express, React.js, MongoDB, AWS, Vercel, Firebase, Serverless, CI/CD, K6

  • Led design and development of Round-Up, onboarding 50K users with projections to reach 250K by 2024
  • Architected serverless microservices with tenant isolation for secure, scalable transaction processing
  • Directed platform modernization with high availability and fault-tolerant workflows
  • Established CI/CD pipelines and deployment standards ensuring reliable releases
  • Mentored development team, enforcing best practices and maintainable code standards
  • Managed 1,500+ production support tickets, strengthening system stability
Case studyTop Key Performer 2024

2025

Australia

Senior Full Stack Developer

PokitPal – Rewards & Loyalty Multi-Tenant SaaS Platform

.NET, EF Core, Blazor, K6

  • Developed key features for platform serving ~3M users with millions of transactions monthly
  • Applied Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, CQRS, and Mediator patterns
  • Implemented PAI (PokitPal AI) using AWS Bedrock, saving ~2 hours per support agent daily
  • Enhanced technical documentation enabling faster onboarding
  • Managed 1,000+ support tickets improving system reliability
  • Developed automation scripts reducing manual operational overhead
Case studyTop Key Performer 2025

2021 - 2022

Australia

Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer

CarbonView – Energy & Carbon Management SaaS

Node.js, React.js, Serverless, AWS, Keycloak, Stripe

  • Developed full-stack features for CarbonView Premium (50+ enterprise clients, 100K+ users)
  • Designed dynamic dashboards and automated reporting reducing manual effort by 40%
  • Implemented subscription management and billing workflows using Stripe
  • Mentored 20+ member development team and participated in client meetings
  • Built CarbonView Standard for SMB clients with subscription-based pricing
  • Automated testing workflows using Puppeteer improving deployment reliability

2019 - 2020

USA

Associate Digital Engineer

ShipX Trax – Rail Freight Management System

Java, JEE, Smart GWT, Spring, Struts2 MVC, Node.js, Express.js, React.js, Kafka

  • Developed core features for rail shipment tracking system providing real-time visibility
  • Built Trax Automation subsystem centralizing shipment data, reducing manual effort by 60%
  • Implemented event-driven automation using Kafka queues for reliable processing
  • Created web scraping workflows with Puppeteer and visualized results with dashboards
  • Automated repetitive support tasks that consumed 2/3 of team's time
  • Gained experience managing production databases and real-time data pipelines
Experience | Naveen Fernando