Kaveen Hyacinth

Senior Software Engineer

Frontend and Product Engineering

Senior software engineer with 5 years of experience building SaaS platforms and complex product systems in distributed teams, specializing in frontend and product engineering.

Tech Stack

Core

07
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsReact NativeVueNuxt

State & Data

04
ReduxTanStack QueryZustandPinia

Backend & API

04
Node.jsNestJSExpressGraphQL

Database

05
PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisPrisma

Infrastructure

04
AWSDockerGitHub ActionsVercel

Practices

05
Clean CodeFeature FlagsModular DevelopmentTesting (Jest, RTL)AI-assisted development

Experience

Senior Software Engineer | Frontend & Mobile at Blott

England and Wales | Hybrid | Full Time

May 2025 — Present

Architected and launched a React, Next.js, and TypeScript based B2B operations platform powering field workflows, delivering 20+ product modules and establishing a scalable frontend architecture for data-intensive tooling.

Software Engineer | Frontend Team Lead at Inisev

Switzerland | Remote | Full Time

September 2023 — May 2025

Led migration of a large-scale web platform to a modern server-rendered architecture using Vue, Nuxt, and Vite, improving frontend performance while establishing a more maintainable foundation for long-term product development.

Full Stack Engineer | Backend & Mobile at CodeZilla

Sri Lanka | Remote | Part Time

August 2023 — May 2024

Enabled scalable media management workflows by developing backend services in NestJS and TypeORM for large file uploads and metadata-driven content retrieval.

Software Engineer | Frontend & Mobile at Appspotr

Sweden | Remote | Full Time

August 2022 — September 2023

Led development of Structure Builder 2.0 and Logic Builder, two core visual workflow systems that enabled users to design application logic through drag-and-drop flows and configurable logic blocks.

Associate Software Engineer → Software Engineer | Frontend & Mobile at CabbageApps

Sri Lanka | Hybrid | Full Time

June 2021 — August 2022

Developed frontend features for a fintech platform across web and mobile, contributing to core product functionality and stronger UI consistency.

Projects

Education

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) Software Engineering (First Class Honours) · United Kingdom

2018 — 2021

Completed my software engineering degree with First Class Honours, building the technical foundation that later shaped my work across SaaS platforms, mobile applications, and product-focused engineering systems.

NSBM Green University Town

Foundation for Bachelor's Degree · Sri Lanka

2017 — 2018

Completed the foundation program that prepared my transition into formal university-level software engineering study.

Today I Learned

About

I am a senior software engineer focused on frontend and product engineering, with five years of experience building SaaS platforms and complex product systems in distributed teams. My work is centered on designing scalable architectures that balance performance, developer productivity, and user experience using TypeScript, React, Next.js, and React Native.

I am strongest in environments where product complexity is high and the frontend needs to do real systems work, not just presentation. That includes data-heavy dashboards, workflow tooling, mobile applications, design systems, and engineering foundations that help teams ship faster without sacrificing quality.

I also actively use modern AI-assisted development workflows in day-to-day engineering practice, combining them with strong architectural judgment, product thinking, and clean implementation standards.