Sri Bandi
Intern Of Technical Staff at Cohere
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSri Bandi is an AI-focused software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable backend systems and research-driven model tooling. Currently an Intern of Technical Staff at Cohere and a former graduate researcher at UMass Amherst, Sri develops novel decoding methods to improve language-model factuality and teaches AI alignment topics as a TA. He has strong open-source credentials—most notably implementing a BitMart connector and improving order book synchronization for the popular Hummingbot trading bot—demonstrating attention to precision and operational stability. His background spans startups and consultancy roles, including co-founding PayRam and senior engineering positions where he shipped production systems. Driven by a maker’s philosophy—“What I cannot create, I do not understand”—he blends engineering rigor with research curiosity to tackle reasoning and planning problems in AI. Based in Amherst, MA, he brings both entrepreneurial experience and academic depth to applied AI and systems engineering challenges.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at New York UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (11)
crypto10
exchange10
apim10
exchange-online10
api10
python10
integrations10
trading10
cython10
exchange-server10
algotrading9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hummingbot/hummingbot
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
Open source software that helps you create and deploy high-frequency crypto trading bots
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 12 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sri implemented a new connector for the BitMart exchange, a core functionality for integrating the Hummingbot trading bot with a new cryptocurrency trading platform. This involved creating the necessary files, including `bitmart_exchange.py`, and integrating BitMart's API into the Hummingbot framework. Further contributions focused on improving price precision, order book synchronization, and trade fill recording, demonstrating attention to detail and a focus on operational stability. These changes involved modifications to the core exchange logic and data structures.
exchangetrading-botblockchaintradingcrypto
srirambandi/hummingbot
Jun 2021 - Jan 2025
Hummingbot: a client for crypto market making
Contributions:6 PRs, 162 pushes, 48 branches in 3 years 8 months
market-makingtrading-botbottradingcrypto
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