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SDET · BACKEND · AI · BUILDING IN PUBLIC

SURYA S
tests, builds &
asks why.

Associate Analyst · Quality Engineering · Deloitte

I work at the intersection of software testing, backend development and AI-assisted automation — from ETL/data validation on AWS to building small tools that make repetitive engineering work disappear.

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Professional Summary

The short version of what I do and why it matters.

// professional_summary.js
const surya = {
  role: "Associate Analyst @ Deloitte",
  focus: ["test automation", "backend development", "AI tooling"],
  buildsWith: ["AWS", "Node.js", "Python"],
  believes: "quality is engineered, not inspected in at the end"
};
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BCA CGPA
PGCET rank
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Deloitte engineering role
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hands-on builds & experiments
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Experience

One role, shipped like a pipeline — every stage passing.

Associate Analyst — Quality Engineering / Test Automation
Deloitte USI · Consulting EAAS · Bengaluru · Nov 2025 — Present
Working on ETL/data validation for a GAAP migration workflow, testing data moving through AWS services and validating outputs across the pipeline
Working with AWS Glue, S3/Parquet and Athena to validate transformation logic and data quality in a real-world testing workflow
Working with Jira, qTest and test-management workflows while turning requirements into traceable test coverage and execution evidence
Built on a Java/Selenium automation foundation while expanding into API-driven workflows, cloud data testing and AI-assisted engineering
Identified and escalated high-severity defects before production release, preventing critical incidents
Collaborated cross-functionally on sprint quality metrics, defect triage, and continuous test-coverage improvement
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Skills & Tools

What's in the toolbox, grouped the way I actually reach for it.

Automation & QA
Selenium Amazon Kiro TestNG Jira / qTest Test Case Design Regression Testing Defect Lifecycle Mgmt
AI & Integrations
Amazon Kiro NLP Workflow Automation Jira REST API Prompt Engineering
Languages
Python C JavaScript Java C++ R
Frontend
HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript React.js
Backend & DB
Node.js Express.js PHP MySQL MongoDB
Cloud & Data
AWS Glue Athena S3 / Parquet PySpark IAM / SSO
Security Testing
Penetration Testing Ethical Hacking Vulnerability Assessment
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Projects

A mix of college builds, experiments and automation projects — some polished, some gloriously over-engineered.

PROJ-101SHIPPED
AI-Powered Jira Workflow Assistant
  • Explores how an AI assistant can turn natural-language updates into structured Jira workflow output
  • Built around the idea of removing repetitive status-writing and ticket-maintenance work
  • A practical experiment in combining AI, prompts, APIs and everyday engineering workflows
Amazon KiroJira REST APIPython
PROJ-102SHIPPED
Jira Requirements Extractor
  • Extracts the useful requirement context from Jira work items instead of making every lookup manual
  • Designed to make pre-execution analysis faster and easier to trace
  • Fits naturally into a broader test-management and Jira workflow
PythonJira REST APIAutomation
PROJ-103SHIPPED
Blockchain Voting System
  • College project implementing a blockchain-based voting workflow in Python
  • Implemented the core blockchain flow in Python, using hashing and chained blocks to make vote records tamper-evident
  • Built the voting flow around candidate management, vote recording and result verification
PythonBlockchainSHA-256
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Education

Formal training, chronologically — including what's still in progress.

2026 — Present
Master of Computer Application (MCA)
IGNOU — Online
In Progress
2025
PGCET
Karnataka Examinations Authority
Rank 44
2025
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
P.E.S.I.A.M.S — Kuvempu University, Shivamogga
8.9 CGPA
2022
12th — PUC
Vikasa PU College, Shivamogga
91%
2020
10th — SSLC
Vikasa School, Shivamogga
93%
rabbit-hole.md

Rabbit Hole

The stuff I end up obsessing over at 2 AM: AI, engineering, testing, backend systems, security and the weird ideas in between.

AI & CognitionField note
If Humans Generate Responses Too, What Exactly Is “Generative AI”?

A rabbit hole that started with a stupidly simple thought: humans also generate answers from patterns, memory and context. So where exactly does the interesting distinction between human reasoning and generative AI begin?

Idea worth exploring
EngineeringField note
I Keep Wanting to Build Everything — Then Reality Says “Pick a Stack”

MERN, Python, Java, Android, Web3, AWS, security, AI… the fun part is exploring. The hard part is deciding what deserves enough depth to become an actual skill instead of another GitHub repo.

Idea worth exploring
AI & CareersField note
AI Coding Agents Are Wild — But Who Is Testing the Code?

Kiro, Copilot, LLMs and agentic workflows can make building software ridiculously fast. That makes the boring part more important: verification, boundaries, failure modes and knowing when the generated code is confidently wrong.

Idea worth exploring
Cloud & DataField note
From “Just Testing” to Data Pipelines: How AWS Changed the Question

ETL testing stops being just “does the script run?” when data moves through Glue, S3 and Athena. You start asking whether the transformation preserved meaning — and that is a much more interesting problem.

Idea worth exploring

// these are field notes from the rabbit holes I actually keep falling into.

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Let's talk quality

Interested in SDET, backend, automation and AI-assisted engineering work. Currently building depth across testing, cloud data workflows and software development.

EMAIL
off.suryas@gmail.com
PHONE
+91 80884 18460
LINKEDIN
/in/surya-s-89b313246
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LOCATION
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Surya's AI Twin
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