Danura Jayakody

Designing the CAKE POS and CAKE Kitchen Display System. Improving flows and user experience for restaurant staff and clients who use the application every day.

• Redesigned the checkout, menu, and ordering flows after looking at user pain points and day-to-day workflow issues, cutting order completion time by 30%.
• Built and improved reusable UI components for the product team, reducing developer rework by around 70%.
• Designed wireframes and high-fidelity screens for new product features across tablet, desktop, and POS.
• Worked with product managers and engineers during sprint cycles to take features from idea to release.
• Helped simplify high-use tasks for store staff, with a strong focus on speed, clarity, and fewer mistakes.

Worked on enterprise software for risk, governance, and planning. Made dense, multi-step workflows easier to follow and finish.

• Ran UX reviews, design analysis, and research sessions to find issues in navigation, page structure, and multi-step workflows.
• Redesigned dashboards and task flows by creating design systems, improving task success by about 25%.
• Created wireframes, prototypes, and design documentation for engineering handoff.
• Worked with stakeholders to understand business needs and turn them into usable product changes.
• Improved screen structure and interaction patterns so the product felt easier to move through.

Worked on B2B platforms, dashboards, and admin tools in the property management space for MRI, an Australian software company. Focused on making information-heavy products easier to use without losing important detail.

• Designed end-to-end flows and design systems for dashboards and admin panels using Figma.
• Improved layout structure and information hierarchy so users could find what they needed faster.
• Built reusable UI patterns and prototypes to test ideas before development started.
• Took part in usability testing and used that feedback to improve features across desktop and mobile.
• Worked on consistency across products so the experience felt more stable and predictable.

Worked on an IoT project monitoring electronic devices and appliances in hotels and warehouses. Designed dashboards for IoT data and developed the UIs using JS chart libraries.

• Developed responsive product interfaces using HTML, SCSS, Angular, and React for JKIT IoT applications.
• Converted UX designs and prototypes into clean, reusable front-end components.
• Designed and maintained UI components for dashboards, charts, admin panels, and SaaS workflows.
• Worked with engineers to improve layout accuracy, interaction behaviour, and design consistency.
• Fixed UI defects and supported QA by reviewing spacing, alignment, responsiveness, and browser compatibility.