# Sairam Bandi > Software Development Engineer - GenAI Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sairambandi My expertise spans backend development, distributed systems, and microservices, with a proven track record of reducing latency and optimizing mission-critical applications. With a growth mindset, I’m always eager to learn, adapt, and explore new tools and methodologies that enhance both my craft and the solutions I deliver. Let’s connect and innovate together! ## Work Experience ### Software Development Engineer, GenAI @ C3 AI Jan 2025 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States ### Software Development Engineer @ Capital One Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Orchestrated the comprehensive transformation of a High Traffic Banking Ledger System and Financial Core services, employing a technology stack that encompassed Java, Scala, Go, Zio, DynamoDB, and Apache Kafka. This initiative involved a seamless migration to AWS and distributed databases, resulting in a notable 11% cost reduction and a significant enhancement in the overall performance of the system. Employed AWS services, Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins to establish an efficient framework for microservice deployment and management. Spearheaded initiatives to render financial core services production-ready by designing a high-performance client service capable of simulating 20,000 transactions per second (TPS) within internal services. Implemented comprehensive testing methodologies using K6 performance tests, JUnit tests, Karate, and TestNG frameworks to rigorously validate performance, unit, functional, and integration aspects of the system. ### Software Development Engineer (co-op) @ SATCO, INC. Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States Spearheaded the design and migration of Saturn and Rentals to a microservice architecture. Leveraged Java-Spring Boot, Angular, and PHP to split various functionalities into individual services, encompassing authentication, gateway, name service, and email service. This strategic approach enhances scalability, maintainability, and overall system efficiency. Set up logging and monitoring services, implementing Kibana and Grafana to meticulously track service usage. This setup ensures an efficient analysis framework for data-driven decision-making, enhancing the visibility and performance of the system. Overhauled the UI/UX design of the Rentals' website, delivering a modern and user-friendly interface. Implemented and seamlessly integrated Single Sign-On (SSO) login across all applications and services, providing users with a unified and hassle-free authentication experience. Incorporated an ARIMA model for time series analysis, optimizing inventory management with efficient forecasting capabilities. This integration ensures a data-driven approach to enhance inventory planning and overall operational efficiency. Realized a remarkable 36% cost reduction and a 20% decrease in latency by successfully implementing a microservices architecture. This strategic move not only improved modularity and scalability but also significantly enhanced the overall efficiency of both Saturn and Rentals platforms. ### Software Development Engineer III @ Walmart Global Tech Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Bentonville, Arkansas, United States Architected and developed a web application utilizing Java-Spring Boot for the backend and React for the frontend. The primary objective was to optimize access to our team's metadata, offering comprehensive details about the provided REST APIs. Orchestrated the integration of a dynamic API generation service within the web application. This innovative feature dynamically generates the API URL based on user-requested data parameters, providing a flexible and customized experience for users interacting with the system. Empowered consumer teams by enabling them to effortlessly retrieve information about the team's services. Implemented a streamlined process for request submission, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience for accessing relevant data. ### Web/ Mobile Application Developer @ USC Viterbi School of Engineering Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California, United States Developed a cross-platform mobile application and web application dedicated to the seamless collection and retrieval of video data, specifically focusing on Infant-Caregiver interactions in the research domain. Integrated pose and face detection capabilities into the mobile app using OpenCV. This integration plays a pivotal role in enhancing research efforts by ensuring both the infant and caregiver are consistently within the frame. This advancement significantly contributes to the accurate collection of video data and facilitates the analysis of intermodal interactions in the research domain. Worked on development of a web application aimed at simplifying the retrieval of collected video data and streamlining access management for researchers. ### Software Development Engineer I @ OYO Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India Analyzed User Research team statistics and engaged in collaborative efforts with the Innovation, Data Science, and Engineering teams. The collective goal was to enhance the quality of hotel images uploaded by owners, with a specific emphasis on improving customer conversion rates. Improved and implemented the NIMA (Neural Image Assessment) model in collaboration with the Data Science team. Integrated this model into the image scoring service, which was constructed with a Django backend, React.js frontend, and hosted on AWS. This collaborative effort aimed to elevate the image assessment capabilities, ensuring a robust and efficient system for scoring images. Improved image scoring accuracy, leading to a notable improvement in the quality of uploaded images and ultimately contributing to heightened customer satisfaction. Increased efficiency by 28% for the Quality Assurance team through the implementation of automation. This initiative significantly reduced manual effort, streamlining overall operations for enhanced productivity. ### Software Development Intern @ Reliance Industries Limited Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mumbai Area, India Architectured and developed the Flight Information Display System (FIDS) application to enhance the efficiency of the aircraft fueling process, making it more manageable and streamlined. Enhanced the robustness of FIDS by introducing a confidence level to each displayed flight's arrival and departure time. This improvement was achieved by meticulously scraping flight data from 22 distinct sources using Beautiful Soup, ensuring a comprehensive and reliable representation within the system. Leveraged Deep Neural Network to predict flight delays and present accurate flight timings within FIDS. This implementation delivers valuable insights, empowering aircraft fuelers to efficiently manage and schedule their work tasks with precision. ### Executive Committee Member @ Literati - Literary Committee, NIT Raipur Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India ### Executive Committee Member @ Entrepreneurship Cell, NIT Raipur Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science University of Southern California ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Information Technology National Institute of Technology Raipur ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sairambandi - Portfolio: https://sairambandi.info - Portfolio: https://linktr.ee/sairambandi - Portfolio: https://leetcode.com/u/sairam_bandi/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/sairambandi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sairambandi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11