About

Francisco Velazquez is a highly skilled software engineer with over 11 years of experience in object-oriented programming (OOP) software development, with a hardware educational background. He has worked in various industries, including automotive, semiconductor, and mobile, focusing on designing, implementing, and architecting automated tools for testing embedded systems. Francisco's main skills include designing libraries, frameworks, tools, and APIs, as well as having a strong foundation in front-end technologies such as HTML/CSS/Flask/NodeJS/JS and machine learning. He is a prolific blogger and maintains a personal blog where he shares his thoughts on various tech topics. He is also an active contributor to open-source projects and has a strong presence on GitHub and HackerRank. Currently, Francisco works as a Senior Software Engineer at AMD, where he is part of the Server SQA Automation team. His daily activities include software development in Ruby and Python for the automation of test cases. He works closely with all teams to achieve product release qualification status. Prior to joining AMD, Francisco worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Dextra Technologies, where he was a Cirrus Logic SQA software development engineer working on continuous integration for embedded systems from pre-silicon (emulation) to post-silicon. He also worked as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at HCL, where he was an Intel tech lead in embedded systems. His daily activities included software development in Python, code refactoring, debugging, test execution/regression, customer relationship, team guidance, technical reports, and leading a multi-cultural team in multiple time zones. Francisco holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, A.C., and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the same institution. He also completed his high school education in Mathematics and Computer Science at the Universidad de Guadalajara. With a strong tech stack that includes software engineering, testing, Python, NodeJS, ML, Flask, mobile, front-end, CI/CD, Jenkins, and integration, Francisco has 3.43 years of relevant experience. He is a highly motivated and skilled engineer who is passionate about technology and is always looking for new challenges to take on.