Hi, I'm

Anuja Lamahewa

I help startups and enterprises ship software faster, scale teams, and modernize delivery operations.

7+ Years Engineering5+ Years Leadership

I'm a Project Manager with 12+ years of experience across software engineering, technical leadership, and project delivery. I started as a Software Engineer and progressed to Lead Software Engineer before moving into project and program management, so I bridge business stakeholders and engineering teams from discovery to production.

I specialize in Agile delivery, Jira process design and administration, delivery operations, and AI-driven automation, helping organizations standardize ways of working, improve delivery predictability, and build scalable teams. My work spans ERP, AI startups, property intelligence, web platforms, SEO and digital marketing, and enterprise cloud applications.

Experience

  1. Jan 2026 – Present · Remote

    Project Manager

    Software Delivery

    Nimbus

    Sri Lanka · Remote

    • Led delivery of Jupiter, the company's flagship property intelligence platform, owning end-to-end execution, technical direction, and delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives.
    • Managed cross-functional teams spanning Software Engineering, Data Engineering, QA, and Product to deliver high-quality solutions on schedule.
    • Defined and maintained quarterly product roadmaps, providing transparent delivery planning and executive-level visibility across the organization.
    • Worked closely with business stakeholders, customers, and engineering teams to translate strategic objectives into deliverable outcomes.
    • Implemented Atlassian Jira as the organization's delivery platform, designing scalable workflows, boards, permissions, automations, and reporting to establish a standardized way of working.
    • Led the migration from Azure DevOps to Jira, consolidating all engineering teams onto a single delivery platform.
    • Standardized Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, estimation, backlog management, and reporting to keep delivery practices consistent across teams.
    • Introduced delivery KPIs and release governance, including release planning, release notes, deployment checklists, and communication standards, so leadership could track sprint health, progress, and risk.
    • Designed, built, and maintained internal delivery dashboards with Next.js, PostgreSQL, and Playwright-based automated testing, giving engineering and management real-time operational visibility.
    • Led initiatives to centralize internal platforms, shared services, domains, and documentation, reducing duplication and improving collaboration across engineering teams.
    • Partnered with engineering teams to improve system architecture, delivery pipelines, and overall developer productivity.
    • Project Management
    • Software Delivery
    • Jira Administration
    • Azure DevOps
    • Agile Delivery
    • Product Roadmaps
    • Release Management
    • Stakeholder Management
    • Next.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Playwright

  2. Jun 2024 – Dec 2025 · On-site

    Project Manager

    Software Delivery

    Web Lankan

    Colombo, Sri Lanka · On-site

    • Managed and led the Software and DevOps teams, owning delivery execution, technical direction, and day-to-day coordination across multiple concurrent projects.
    • Coordinated cross-functional teams including software engineers, designers, QA engineers, SEO specialists, and digital marketing teams to ensure aligned execution and predictable delivery timelines.
    • Implemented Atlassian Jira across the organization, restructuring delivery workflows by establishing separate business units for Projects, Digital Marketing, and SEO with customized issue types, workflows, and permission models.
    • Led the transition of DevOps workflows from GitLab to GitHub, introducing GitHub Actions to implement standardized CI/CD pipelines across projects.
    • Introduced automated code quality and testing practices by integrating Sonar for static code analysis and standardizing GitHub Actions workflows to enforce build validation, automated testing, and quality gates.
    • Established clear repository management standards including naming conventions, branching strategies, and pull request policies, along with consistent Docker and Dockerfile standards to ensure secure, maintainable, and reliable build and deployment pipelines.
    • Introduced Next.js as the standard frontend framework, moving away from traditional WordPress-based implementations to enable more scalable, performant, and secure web applications.
    • Designed and established a reusable Next.js base project template, defining project structure, file naming conventions, coding standards, and architectural best practices to ensure consistency and faster onboarding of new projects and developers.
    • Conducted regular code reviews to maintain engineering quality, enforce standards, and support continuous improvement and skill development within the software team.
    • Project Management
    • Software Delivery
    • Team Leadership
    • DevOps
    • CI/CD
    • GitHub Actions
    • Next.js
    • Jira
    • Docker
    • Code Quality

  3. May 2023 – May 2024 · Remote

    Technical Manager

    Machine Learning

    CDAZZDEV

    Mathugama, Sri Lanka · Remote

    • Led and managed a distributed team of 8 engineers delivering Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Computer Vision solutions across more than five concurrent projects.
    • Owned delivery planning and execution, ensuring projects met quality standards and delivery timelines in a fast-paced, multi-project environment.
    • Introduced and embedded Agile practices including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and stakeholder syncs to improve visibility, accountability, and delivery cadence.
    • Designed and customized Jira workflows to support structured sprint planning, backlog refinement, and issue tracking across multiple AI initiatives.
    • Led the migration of all projects to GitHub, establishing standardized version control practices, improving code review processes, and enhancing collaboration across the engineering team.
    • Centralized technical documentation by migrating content to Markdown and implementing a shared documentation platform, improving accessibility, maintainability, and long-term scalability.
    • Worked closely with stakeholders to align technical execution with business goals, manage priorities, and remove delivery blockers.
    • Technical Leadership
    • Machine Learning
    • Python
    • Agile Delivery
    • Jira
    • GitHub
    • Documentation Management
    • Stakeholder Coordination

  4. Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 · Hybrid

    Program Manager

    Atlassian Administration & Migrations

    IFS

    Dematagoda, Sri Lanka · Hybrid

    • Owned the configuration, administration, and ongoing maintenance of Atlassian products including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, supporting multiple R&D teams across the organization.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to design and align Jira workflows, issue types, and reporting structures with delivery and governance needs.
    • Created and managed Jira projects, advanced JQL queries, and dashboards to support operational visibility and decision-making.
    • Integrated Jira with Microsoft Power BI to deliver advanced reporting on test automation results and KPI targets for leadership and delivery teams.
    • Managed integrations with external tools such as Aha! and 2C8, ensuring alignment with Jira-based processes and governance models.
    • Led multiple Jira migration initiatives, including migrations from IBM RTC to Jira, Jira Server to Jira Cloud, and Jira Cloud to Jira Cloud.
    • Gathered and documented business requirements from stakeholders and translated them into technical specifications and execution plans.
    • Developed detailed project plans covering scope, timelines, resource allocation, and cost estimates, and drove alignment on goals, deliverables, and success criteria.
    • Managed a team across Sri Lanka and India, coordinating execution, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations throughout migration lifecycles.
    • Provided people leadership through mentoring and onboarding of new team members, and supported recruitment and interview processes for both internal and external titles.
    • Program Management
    • Jira Administration
    • Jira Migrations
    • Confluence
    • Project Planning
    • Power BI
    • Stakeholder Management
    • Team Leadership

  5. Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 · Hybrid

    Program Manager

    Release Management

    IFS

    Dematagoda, Sri Lanka · Hybrid

    • Owned and maintained a consistent release cadence across multiple IFS Cloud and IFS Applications versions (21R1, 21R2, APP10), coordinating engineering, QA, and operations teams to meet delivery timelines.
    • Managed last-minute critical bug fixes and release risks, ensuring issues were resolved without compromising overall release schedules or product stability.
    • Defined and implemented comprehensive release criteria and test strategies that balanced short-term delivery needs with long-term product quality objectives.
    • Facilitated Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings to align multiple teams on release readiness, surface risks early, and drive timely decision-making.
    • Reviewed and validated customer-facing release notes to ensure accuracy, clarity, and completeness prior to external communication.
    • Proactively handled critical customer escalations by planning and executing out-of-band releases to address urgent production issues.
    • Created and maintained detailed release documentation and root cause analyses to improve process transparency, support continuous improvement, and provide traceability for future releases.
    • Program Management
    • Release Management
    • Version Management
    • Jira
    • Confluence
    • Risk Management
    • Stakeholder Coordination

  6. Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 · Remote

    Lead Software Engineer

    Test Automation & Agile Delivery

    IFS

    Dematagoda, Sri Lanka · Remote

    • Served as Scrum Master for the team, owning Agile delivery practices including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and release coordination.
    • Created and maintained delivery roadmaps, sprint plans, and supporting documentation to align engineering work with delivery timelines and stakeholder expectations.
    • Tracked progress, risks, and dependencies across workstreams, proactively identifying and addressing blockers to maintain delivery momentum.
    • Facilitated and delivered training sessions on Agile methodologies, test automation practices, and DevOps principles to engineers and cross-functional stakeholders.
    • Promoted adoption of quality-first and automation-driven practices to improve delivery consistency and reduce release risk.
    • Led and participated in code reviews for critical release-related fixes, ensuring stability, quality, and adherence to engineering standards.
    • Conducted technical interviews and supported hiring decisions for new engineering team members.
    • Acted as a bridge between engineering, QA, and stakeholders to improve communication, alignment, and execution during active delivery cycles.
    • Scrum
    • Agile Delivery
    • Team Leadership
    • Release Management
    • Code Review
    • C#
    • ASP.NET MVC

  7. Jan 2020 – Sep 2021 · On-site

    Senior Software Engineer

    Test Automation & Agile Delivery

    IFS

    Wellawatte, Sri Lanka · On-site

    • Designed, developed, and maintained an internal ASP.NET web platform that provided comprehensive test automation statistics and analytics for the R&D organization.
    • Built and maintained test automation tools and supporting infrastructure, ensuring reliable and scalable testing processes across teams.
    • Implemented multiple RESTful API services in C# to enable seamless integration between Jira, Microsoft Azure, and Jenkins CI platforms.
    • Designed and implemented C# utilities to support automated testing and validation of SKUs within the core business application.
    • Collected and analyzed automation data and created Power BI dashboards to visualize test execution results and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
    • Mentored and onboarded new team members, providing technical guidance and supporting their transition into productive contributors.
    • C#
    • ASP.NET
    • REST APIs
    • Jenkins
    • Azure
    • Power BI
    • Test Automation
    • Mentoring

  8. Jul 2017 – Jan 2020 · On-site

    Software Engineer

    Test Automation & CI/CD

    IFS

    Wellawatte, Sri Lanka · On-site

    • Maintained and enhanced an internal application testing framework used for component-level testing of the IFS application, ensuring consistent daily quality through reliable automated coverage.
    • Developed a monitoring tool using C# and ASP.NET to track nightly test execution results and automatically create Jira tickets for failed builds, significantly reducing the feedback loop for developers.
    • Designed, maintained, and optimized Jenkins pipelines to support daily CI/CD execution with automated test suites.
    • Created and maintained supporting automation scripts using Batch and PowerShell to improve pipeline reliability and execution stability.
    • Developed custom Jenkins plugins using Groovy to support tailored automation workflows and improve CI/CD pipeline efficiency.
    • C#
    • ASP.NET
    • Jenkins
    • CI/CD
    • Groovy
    • Jira
    • Automation

  9. Jul 2014 – Jun 2017 · On-site

    Undergraduate Trainee Software Developer

    Test Automation & CI/CD

    IFS

    Wellawatte, Sri Lanka · On-site

    • Contributed to the development and maintenance of internal enterprise applications in a production environment.
    • Built custom tools to strengthen application testing and improve developer productivity.
    • Extended Microsoft FxCop for static code analysis to enforce consistent coding standards.
    • Automated report generation for daily builds, improving visibility into build health and code quality.
    • Evaluated CI tools such as TeamCity and Bamboo to assess suitability, scalability, and workflow integration.
    • C#
    • .NET
    • FxCop
    • CI/CD
    • TeamCity
    • Bamboo

Education

  1. 2019 – 2021

    MBA, International Business

    University of the West of Scotland

  2. 2017 – 2019

    MSc Advanced Software Engineering

    University of Westminster

  3. 2012 – 2017

    BEng (Hons) Software Engineering

    University of Westminster

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