Plate I · Martinez, California
n. one who ships quality on schedule; a steady hand at the center of delivery.see also: leader, builder.
A quality engineering leader who turns requirements into testable plans, regulated releases into predictable ones, and scattered teams into aligned ones. Thirteen-plus years across GxP, ISO and 21 CFR environments, now using generative AI to author tests and triage failures.
Plate II
Hiring for delivery or for engineering? Flip the specimen card and the rest of the journal highlights the evidence for that role.
Two instruments, one naturalist
Thirteen years of making releases predictable. She plans delivery like a project manager and writes the automation that proves it works.
Through the leadership lens
Certified ScrumMaster. She runs release planning, risk assessment and stakeholder alignment, and cut a six-month release cycle to six weeks.
Through the engineering lens
Writes TypeScript and Playwright, knows SQL and Python, and uses Claude Code and Cursor to write tests, refactor code and triage failures.
Plans built on risk-based validation, release controls and readiness dashboards. Certified ScrumMaster who has run QA for two Agile teams at once.
Mentors testers, trains county staff and aligns product, engineering and compliance around a single definition of done.
Writes TypeScript and Playwright automation and uses Claude Code and Cursor to write tests, refactor code and triage failures.
Plate III
Before-and-after readings from her work leading quality at Certara. Drag a twig (or use the arrow keys) to compare.
Four times the releases each year, and each one carried 25% more scope.
Final sign-off now takes days instead of a month-long wait.
Coverage more than doubled in under six months.
Down 75% in under three months, thanks to clearer written and spoken hand-offs.
Each release carried 25% more, even on the shorter cycle.
Plate IV
Six roles from 2012 to 2026, drawn as a tree's rings from the core outward. Choose a ring to read its specimen label.
NC Department of Health and Human Services · Raleigh, NC
Nov 2012 – Apr 2016
Turned functional requirements into test scenarios, ran test batches, and tracked defects in JIRA and HP Quality Center.
Florida Department of Financial Services · Tallahassee, FL
May 2016 – Jan 2017
Wrote the policies, procedures and testing standards for the new Bureau of Quality Services Management.
Florida Dept. of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles · Tallahassee, FL
Jan 2017 – Mar 2018
Led QA across two Agile teams and led the rollout of CA Test Data Management: timelines, meetings and status reporting.
Bioclinica · Durham, NC
Mar 2018 – Sep 2018
Checked applications against user, business and regulatory requirements, and wrote the test plans and reports.
YPrime · Raleigh, NC
Sep 2018 – Oct 2021
Coordinated testing capacity with department leads and project managers for clinical-trial software (IRT and eCOA).
Certara · Radnor, PA
Nov 2021 – Jul 2026
Led quality engineering for regulated SaaS products: test strategy, release readiness dashboards and AI-assisted automation.
Plate V
The tools she works with every day. Pull a drawer open to see what's inside.
Ex libris
NC State University
Communication degree. It explains why her bug reports get read and why her reopened-ticket rate dropped 75%.
Plate VI
Write a letter, press the seal, and it goes straight to her inbox. You can also email candijacobs@gmail.com directly.
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