Jaclyn Lilly

Jaclyn Lilly

I’ve spent 9+ years working with enterprise IT clients, mainly in recruiting and pre-sales. I focus on building strong client relationships, understanding business needs, and partnering with technical teams to find the right solutions. I’m also especially interested in the growing Charlotte engineering market and currently building hands-on skills in AI and C# development.

Eng Leaders: Scaling QA for AI Systems

One of the more interesting conversations I sat in on recently wasn’t about building AI workflows. It was about maintaining them. Ovidius AI was discussing a challenge I think a lot of AI implementation firms run into: How do you…

Charlotte QA: Market Watch

Seeing continued demand for senior-level Quality Engineers with automation experience, particularly around modern QA practices, automation coverage, and supporting evolving engineering workflows which is exciting to see. Example: Hearing TQL recently interviewed for this role and believe this is more…

Field Notes

QA Nexus: Inside the Recruiter’s Mind

(What’s actually happening when your resume hits the system) A Discussion Hosted By: QA Nexus The job search right now is not just competitive: it’s noisy. And in a lot of cases, what used to work even a few years…

Field Notes

Not Everyone Is Built to Manage People

There’s a difference between being good at your job and being good at managing people I’ve worked with a lot of talented managers. Smart people. Operationally sharp. Great with clients. Great under pressure. But some of them had absolutely no…

Current Expectations for QA Leaders

A lot of engineering leaders are being asked to solve multiple problems at once:→ increase delivery speed→ adopt AI→ reduce waste→ and upskill existing teams while still shipping That last part is…really tough. I’ve been in the IT TA game…