Chamath Silva

About Chamath Silva

Experienced Senior Technical Lead with a passion for building scalable, cloud-native enterprise applications and leading high-performing engineering teams. With 7+ years of hands-on experience across full-stack development and system architecture, I specialize in technologies like AWS (Lambda, Step Functions), ReactJS, Redux, Java, Node.js, and Python.I currently lead multiple agile teams at Sysco, driving the technical roadmap for enterprise pricing and rebate platforms. My work spans solution design, agile delivery, stakeholder collaboration, and production operations — all while fostering a strong engineering culture through mentorship, code reviews, and continuous improvement.I’m passionate about solving complex problems with smart solutions, promoting DevOps best practices, and ensuring quality and security in everything we deliver. Always eager to learn, lead, and innovate.

Experience

1. Senior Technical Lead

   Sysco

   Aug 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Leading three agile engineering teams (CRMS, Digital Deals, Rebate Platform) with 33+ engineers and quality engineers, ensuring delivery of high-quality enterprise applications.2. Driving medium- and long-term product roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives based on business criticality and technical stability, and aligning with senior leadership up to the director level.3. Owning cross-team coordination, resolving technical dependencies, and partnering with multiple project managers and external vendors to ensure smooth releases.4. Serving as the primary technical point for production support, audits, cybersecurity, and cloud compliance activities, ensuring operational excellence and system stability.5. Spearheading technical architecture design, enforcing security, development, and cloud standards, while providing hands-on leadership for complex engineering challenges.6. Mentoring and developing engineering talent through biweekly 1:1s, performance reviews, technical interviews, and fostering a high-performance, collaborative team culture.7. Utilizing deep technical expertise across AWS (Lambda, Step Functions), ReactJS, Redux, Java, Node.js, Python, and modern DevOps practices to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions

Education

• D. S. Senanayake College

  Complete my School Educations, Mathematics

  2009 — 2011

• Robert Gordon University

  Master's degree, Big Data Analytics

• University of Colombo School of Computing

  Bsc (Hons) in Computer Science, Computer Science

Skills

• Html
• Php
• Python
• Bootstrap
• Java
• Microsoft Office
• Jekyll
• Windows
• C
• Mongodb
• Customer Service
• C++
• Algorithms
• Ajax
• Teamwork
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Social Media
• Javascript
• Boostrap
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel