Jake Jackson
Jake Jackson

Senior QA/Test Engineer

Actively looking · Member since 1 Sep 2026
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Location
Newcastle, United Kingdom
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from 45k GBP/yearly
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Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Freelance, Temporary
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Senior

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I am a QA/Test Engineer with over seven years of experience delivering manual, automated, web, mobile, and enterprise integration testing. I focus on building confidence in releases through clear test coverage, robust validation, and effective collaboration across Agile delivery teams.

I currently deliver contract QA for Sage enterprise finance integration projects. My work includes vendor synchronisation, data mapping, webhook-driven workflows, data transformations, UAT-focused testing, regression testing, and investigation of complex integration defects.

I have strong experience translating business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into structured functional and regression test cases. I work closely with business analysts, project managers, developers, and stakeholders to clarify expected behaviour, identify edge cases, and manage UAT feedback.

My automation background includes Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, TypeScript, JavaScript, and C#. I also use API, SQL, and data validation techniques to test end-to-end workflows and improve regression coverage.

Previously, I established and improved QA processes at My Money Matters, supported a Heroku-to-GCP platform migration, introduced mobile testing practices, and mentored another QA professional. I have also tested payroll, construction, job-management, trading, gaming, and financial-services platforms.

I am committed to practical, well-documented QA practices that improve delivery quality, team collaboration, and release readiness. I bring a structured approach to defect triage, test reporting, exploratory testing, and continuous improvement.

Notice period: Immediately

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Contract QA/Test Engineer Sage

Deliver QA for enterprise finance integration projects, with a focus on vendor synchronisation workflows, data mapping, and business-critical system behaviour. Create and execute UAT-focused functional and regression test cases covering vendor creation and updates, contact information, addresses, remittance details, payable entities, Tax ID/1099 fields, attachments, and payment terms.

Validate event-driven finance and procurement integrations, including webhook updates, mapped-field rules, attachment synchronisation, logging, error handling, and data transformations. Investigate defects, support root-cause analysis, and produce test coverage from user stories and acceptance criteria alongside BAs, PMs, developers, and stakeholders.

QA Engineer My Money Matters (formerly AVC Wise)

Built and improved QA processes for a team with limited existing structure, creating repeatable practices for sprint testing, regression testing, and UAT handover. Developed automation for core user journeys, including login, registration, and plan creation, improving regression confidence and reducing repeated manual checks.

Led QA support for a platform migration from Heroku to GCP and validated key AVC journeys, platform behaviour, and release readiness. Introduced structured Android and iOS testing, streamlined UAT reporting through Monday.com automations, and mentored another QA through templates, training, task guidance, and knowledge sharing.

Test Engineer Causeway

Owned QA planning, test execution, and reporting for payroll, construction, and job management systems. Performed functional, regression, and exploratory testing across both legacy and modernised applications.

Created detailed test cases and defect reports to support development, product, and implementation teams. Improved QA collaboration and onboarding through knowledge sharing and clearer testing documentation.

QA Automation Developer OTCX

Maintained automated test suites and supported manual testing across trading-platform functionality. Wrote TypeScript unit tests and contributed automated coverage for new feature development.

Worked with the lead QA to strengthen regression coverage, improve test depth, and support release readiness across product changes.

Junior Platform QA Test Analyst tombola

Conducted regression, ad hoc, and exploratory testing across web and mobile platforms. Built Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using C# to provide repeatable regression checks.

Led knowledge-sharing sessions to help the wider QA team adopt automation practices. Managed cross-browser and device compatibility testing across customer-facing journeys.

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