Summary
Kristian Ziel is a Software Engineer in Test with 11 years of experience, currently a Senior Software Engineer II at American Express in New York. He combines a strong testing and quality-focus with hands-on engineering, having built production systems and tooling across startups and enterprise environments since 2007. Prior to AmEx he founded Ampersand Software, shipping popular consumer webapps—one NHL app that reached over 120,000 users—and has led infrastructure and migration projects at DLS Systems. Comfortable across frontend, backend, databases and telecom integrations, he brings practical product-driven engineering paired with operational rigor. His background in operations management informs a pragmatic approach to automation and scalable test strategies.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Operations Management, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Operations Management at University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business