Summary
Suraphel Amde is a Staff QA Engineer based in San Jose with 11 years of IT experience and over seven years focused on quality assurance across fast-paced Agile and waterfall environments. He brings deep expertise in SDLC/STLC, test strategy and metrics, and hands-on testing across functional, UI, integration, ETL/data warehouse, and BI systems. Proficient in SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, MySQL, Python and Java, he combines technical scripting with strong data-analysis skills to validate complex back-end pipelines and web/desktop applications. At Bill.com he progressed from Senior to Staff QA Engineer, demonstrating consistent impact on quality frameworks and defect management. Known for translating ambiguous requirements into robust test plans and knowledge bases, he also leverages past work at VMware, EMC and Nagra/OpenTV to bridge enterprise-scale QA practices with pragmatic test automation.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at Technical University of Ostrava
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of Ostrava