AI systems engineering / backend / open source

Sri Hari Haran
Sharma

I’m a builder who enjoys understanding how things work under the hood and turning ideas into working systems.

I work across AI, backend engineering, data, databases, JSON Schema, and open source, solving real-world problems and building things that matter.

I am interested in researching ideas and applying research through working software. I also use simulation software to make complex behavior visible, test assumptions and understand systems better.

Having no other choice is its own blessing.

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Hackathon Winner at Deccan AI Catalyst 2026

Selected from a solo AI-agent hackathon with more than 1,500 registrations and 500 working agents. I built Sizuka, an AI recruiter agent for finding, evaluating and reaching out to candidates.

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Experience

Work experience

Internship · HybridJun - Sep 2026

Applied AI Engineer

The Intersections

Built and published ilx-datatable, a reusable Svelte data-table package. Owned the end-to-end architecture and agent-assisted workflow for VMPire.

  • Svelte
  • Architecture
  • AI workflows
Freelance · RemoteJan - Mar 2026

AI Agent Evaluator

Deccan AI Experts

Evaluated multi-step agent workflows, investigating tool-selection, execution and coordination failures and providing structured feedback to improve agent performance.

  • Agent evaluation
  • RLHF
  • Tool use

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AI, ML and deep learning projects

Applied AIMobile

Pramana

An AI-powered fact verification application designed for one-tap checking from the Android share sheet. It returns an explanation with traceable citations so the result can be inspected instead of merely trusted.

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JSON SchemaResearch prototype

Ecosystem observability

A small evidence pipeline for measuring JSON Schema adoption, validator compliance, draft evolution and ecosystem breadth. It combines package, repository and Bowtie signals into historical data that can be compared over time.

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Open source and JSON Schema

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Writing

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Books that shape how I think

Technical

  • Mathematics for Machine LearningMarc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal and Cheng Soon Ong
  • Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsMartin Kleppmann
  • Database Management SystemsRaghu Ramakrishnan and Johannes Gehrke

Beyond engineering

  • Think Like a Maths GeniusArthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer
  • The Theory of EverythingStephen Hawking
  • The AlchemistPaulo Coelho
  • I'm OK, You're OKThomas A. Harris

Research an idea. Build the smallest useful version. Simulate the hard parts. Measure what changes.