Open to select engagements

Kavindu Liyannarachchi

I build full-stack web platforms — from POS systems and tenant portals to AI-integrated SaaS, with senior WordPress/WooCommerce engineering in between.

Portrait of Kavindu Liyannarachchi
ROLEFull-Stack · WordPress · AI
LOCATIONColombo, Sri Lanka
EXPERIENCE6+ years
STATUSOpen to select engagements
Portrait of Kavindu Liyannarachchi Colombo, Sri Lanka
about

Engineer, WordPress specialist, and someone who likes shipping things that actually run in production.

I'm a full-stack engineer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, currently running Axion Digital — a small studio building web platforms for clients across hospitality, healthcare, and retail. Before that, I worked on web and platform engineering inside Airport & Aviation Services Sri Lanka, Crown Investments, and PULSE Hotels & Resorts.

My work sits at the intersection of three things: full-stack engineering (React/Next.js front ends over PHP/Laravel or Java/Spring Boot back ends), senior-level WordPress/WooCommerce development, and wiring AI — vision, OCR, conversational — into systems people actually use day to day, not just demos.

I hold a BSc (Special Honours) in IT from SLIIT, and I still enjoy the unglamorous parts of the job: query performance, statutory tax edge cases, and making sure a login screen is actually secure.

6+ Years Experience
20+ Projects Delivered
3 Industries Served
6 Core Technologies
services --list

What I Do

Three specialities, one engineer — colour-coded throughout this site so you can see exactly where each project and skill fits.

#Full-Stack

Full-Stack Web Applications

End-to-end builds across React/Next.js front ends and PHP/Laravel or Java/Spring Boot back ends, backed by MySQL/MariaDB.

#WordPress

Senior WordPress & WooCommerce

Custom themes, plugins, and WooCommerce payment/tax integrations built for real business rules — not just page builders.

#AI

AI-Integrated Platforms

Vision, OCR, and conversational AI wired into production systems — from image-similarity checks to invoice-reading pipelines.

#Full-Stack

Cloud & DevOps

Deployment and delivery on AWS and Azure, with CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps.

#Full-Stack

POS, ERP & Business Systems

Point-of-sale, inventory, asset-management, and invoicing systems for real operational teams — including a LKR 70M ERP upgrade workstream.

#Full-Stack

SaaS Product Design & Launch

From idea to paying subscribers — subscription billing, SSO, legal pages, and the unglamorous plumbing that makes a SaaS product real.

stack --list

The Stack

Grouped the way you'd actually query it — no invented "90% proficiency" bars, just the real toolkit.

"frontend"
React Next.js TypeScript JavaScript (ES6+) Bootstrap 5
"backend"
PHP / Laravel Java / Spring Boot Node.js REST API Design
"data_and_cloud"
MySQL / MariaDB AWS Microsoft Azure Azure DevOps & CI/CD
"wordpress"
WordPress WooCommerce Custom Plugin Dev Theme Development
"ai_and_automation"
Google Vision API Claude Vision API OCR (Tesseract) Gemini API
resume --full

Education & Experience

Two tracks, one timeline — what I studied, and where I've since put it to work.

Education

BSc (Special Honours) in Information Technology

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)

Undergraduate degree with Special Honours classification.

IEEE-Published Research — VEHIA

IoT Research Project

Co-authored and published research from an IoT-based project.

Experience

Current

Founder & Full-Stack Engineer

Axion Digital (Pvt) Ltd

Founded and run a software studio building SaaS products, WordPress/WooCommerce solutions, and business systems for clients across hospitality, retail, and finance — including StockGuard, StockMS, AxionPOS, and TenantPro.

Previous

Web / Platform Engineer

Airport & Aviation Services Sri Lanka (AASL)

Contributed to a LKR 70M IFS Applications 10 ERP upgrade, including a zero-downtime parallel-migration architecture, plus internal asset-management tooling used across multiple divisions.

Previous

Full-Stack Developer

Crown Investments

Delivered full-stack web systems supporting day-to-day finance operations.

Previous

Web Developer

PULSE Hotels & Resorts (Maldives / Sri Lanka)

Built and maintained web platforms for a multi-property hospitality group, alongside a wider portfolio of hospitality, medical, and foundation clients.

work --recent

Selected Projects

Real systems, currently in use — not concept mockups.

StockGuard cover graphic
#AI #Full-Stack

StockGuard

A SaaS platform that scans Adobe Stock submissions for visual similarity before upload, helping contributors avoid rejections.

  • Google Vision API for image-similarity scoring
  • Tiered subscriptions with PayPal billing
  • Google SSO for one-click sign-in
Live Platform
StockMS cover graphic
#AI #Full-Stack

StockMS

An inventory and point-of-sale system that reads paper invoices automatically instead of requiring manual entry.

  • OCR pipeline combining Tesseract with Claude Vision API
  • Server-side DataTables for large inventories
  • Built-in POS terminal and PDF reporting
TenantPro & MyHome Portal cover graphic
#Full-Stack

TenantPro & MyHome Portal

A property management system paired with a self-service portal, so tenants can pay rent and log maintenance requests without a phone call.

  • Lease and maintenance-request workflows
  • Payment-slip upload with a verification workflow
  • bcrypt-secured tenant authentication
AxionPOS cover graphic
#Full-Stack

AxionPOS

A point-of-sale platform built for busy counters — running multiple open bills at once without losing track of any of them.

  • Parallel / held-bill handling for multi-table service
  • Page-level role permissions
  • Rebuilt fully responsive for iPad and mobile checkout
WooCommerce Payments & Tax Suite cover graphic
#WordPress

WooCommerce Payments & Tax Suite

Custom WooCommerce plugins that let Sri Lankan stores accept local payments and stay compliant with statutory tax rules.

  • Native PayHere payment gateway integration
  • VAT, SSC Levy, and Tourism Levy handling
  • Built to WooCommerce's own extension standards
JARVIS AI Assistant cover graphic
#AI

JARVIS AI Assistant

A voice assistant built twice over — once for the browser, once as a Python desktop app — to compare two architectures for the same idea.

  • Browser version: Web Speech API + Gemini
  • Desktop version: async Python with background listening
  • Custom wake / mute logic in both
contact --new

Let's Build Something

Open to full-stack, WordPress, and AI-integration engagements — send a message and I'll reply personally.

LOCATION
Colombo, Sri Lanka
STATUS
Open to select engagements