Richard Weerasinghe

Backend Engineer

https://www.opentalent.in/richard-weerasinghe

Auckland, Auckland Region, New ZealandMember since June 27, 2026

Key Strengths

Extensive experience with Go, particularly in developing Terraform providers and SDKs.
Demonstrated ability to work with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, HCL) and cloud automation.
Experience with Python for scripting and automation tasks.
Strong focus on API integration and tooling development (OpenAI, Cloudability, Pinecone, Graviteeioam, Okteto).

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate's project portfolio shows a strong inclination towards open-source contributions and tooling development, which could indicate a proactive and collaborative mindset. However, the projects are heavily focused on specific infrastructure tooling (Terraform providers), which might limit the breadth of experience in general backend system design or diverse application development paradigms. The lack of team-based projects or detailed descriptions makes it difficult to fully assess cultural fit beyond technical alignment.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills and operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback provided.

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Projects

awsmigwelder

May 18, 2025 – Present

Tool to help with AWS migration hub automation

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terraform-provider-graviteeioam

November 14, 2023 – January 29, 2024

terraform-provider-graviteeioam — GitHub repository

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terraform-provider-pinecone.original

September 6, 2023 – May 20, 2024

Hashicorp Terraform Provider for Pinecone

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terraform-provider-okteto

July 23, 2023 – February 12, 2024

terraform provider for Okteto

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openai-fine-tuning-demo

June 27, 2023 – Present

OpenAI Fine Tuning Demo

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terraform-provider-openai

June 1, 2023 – December 3, 2025

Terraform Provider for OpenAI

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openai-sdk-go

May 23, 2023 – August 27, 2024

Golang SDK for Open AI

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terraform-cloudability-modules

January 10, 2020 – April 30, 2023

Cloudability Terraform Modules

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cloudability-sdk-go

January 3, 2020 – December 14, 2023

Cloudability SDK for golang

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terraform-provider-cloudability

January 3, 2020 – November 20, 2025

Cloudability provider for Hashicorp Terraform

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Key Strengths

Extensive experience with Go, particularly in developing Terraform providers and SDKs.
Demonstrated ability to work with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, HCL) and cloud automation.
Experience with Python for scripting and automation tasks.
Strong focus on API integration and tooling development (OpenAI, Cloudability, Pinecone, Graviteeioam, Okteto).

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

Insufficient data to assess soft skills and operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback provided.

Richard Weerasinghe

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit

Top Skills

Skills

Projects

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit