Tim Stacey

Lead Quality Engineer

• Built company E2E automation capability from scratch — TypeScript framework covering web, API, and mobile across 11 repositories
• Shifted complex validation out of brittle UI tests into API and service layers using database and messaging integrations
• Grew automated E2E coverage from zero across 11 repos with dedicated CI pipelines per microservice
• Cut release progression time from days to hours through automation coverage and tighter release validation
• Migrated the team from Cypress to Playwright and introduced performance testing with Grafana k6
• Set engineering standards across the QE function — strict typing, ESLint, Prettier, git hooks, and PR review
• Leads a team of 3 testers while staying hands-on in a delivery squad

Lead Quality Engineer

• Built automated regression capability for a Vue-based application with no existing E2E coverage
• Designed an API-stubbing approach enabling the full app and test suite to run locally without a live backend
• Embedded Cypress into the UI codebase and integrated it into GitLab pipelines
• Brought parallel execution down to under 5 minutes per run
• Added LCOV reporting to make test coverage visible and actionable
• Mentored manual testers into automation practice

Lead Quality Engineer

• Led QE for a greenfield programme through backend stack shifts from JavaScript to TypeScript to C#
• Built a Cypress suite mocking unavailable APIs, maintaining frontend regression coverage against a stubbed environment
• Supported existing API schema validation with Supertest and Joi, and consumer-driven contract testing with Pact
• Integrated regression into CI via GitHub Actions and Jenkins with webhook-driven execution on deployment
• Used Kubernetes cluster access, log tailing, and port forwarding for hands-on environment troubleshooting

Quality Engineer

• Joined a newly formed QA capability in an early-stage startup — built automated coverage from scratch using Selenium, Java, and REST Assured
• Built E2E flows combining PostgreSQL data setup, API execution, and Selenium UI validation
• Stood up an on-prem Jenkins instance for regression scheduling before any CI pipeline existed
• Migrated to Jenkins on Google Cloud with CTO sign-off, codifying pipelines in Groovy
• Added initial performance testing capability using Gatling

Quality Engineer (Contract)

• Delivered a working Cypress framework, baseline coverage across core workflows, and a structured handover in a 4-week engagement

Quality Engineer

• Maintained and extended Selenium/Java/Cucumber regression coverage across 3 Agile streams on the SOAR booking engine
• Supported multiple Flight Centre brands across AU, NZ, and CA in a Jenkins CI environment

Senior Test Analyst

• Transitioned from manual testing into automation — built Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber coverage across government registry platforms
• Coordinated test activities with vendors and project managers