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Hire QA Engineers Who Catch Defects Before Your Users Do

Every bug that reaches production costs 10x more to fix than one caught in QA — and the engineering team time, customer trust erosion, and support volume from production defects compound that cost further. Strong QA engineers are not a cost center. They’re the last line of defense between your engineering work and your users, and they make every sprint release safer.

We match you with senior QA Engineers who’ve owned quality for SaaS products, mobile applications, and enterprise platforms at companies from seed stage to Fortune 500. Engineers who design comprehensive test strategies, execute disciplined exploratory testing, manage defect lifecycles, and build the testing culture that prevents quality from being a bottleneck.

Start in days, not months. Pay 50% less than equivalent US-based QA engineering talent.

What Our QA Engineers Do

Test Strategy & Planning

Designing test plans that match the risk profile of each release — defining test scope, entry/exit criteria, regression coverage, and the balance between automated and manual testing based on what each release actually requires.

Exploratory & Functional Testing

Structured exploratory testing that goes beyond test cases — session-based exploration that finds edge cases, usability issues, and unexpected behaviors that scripted test cases miss. Manual functional testing against acceptance criteria with comprehensive defect documentation.

Regression Testing Management

Maintaining and executing regression test suites that grow with the product. Identifying which tests to automate vs. maintain manually. Ensuring each release doesn’t break existing functionality while new features are verified.

Defect Management & Reporting

Defect documentation that gives engineers what they need to reproduce and fix issues: clear reproduction steps, environment details, severity/priority assessment, and expected vs. actual behavior. Release-level quality reports that give product and leadership visibility into release readiness.

API & Integration Testing

Functional testing of REST and GraphQL APIs using Postman, Insomnia, or similar tools — verifying request/response contracts, error handling, edge cases, and integration behavior between services.

QA Engineer Methodology & Tools

Testing Types: Functional, regression, exploratory, smoke, sanity, UAT support, accessibility

Test Management: TestRail, Zephyr Scale, qTest, Xray, Notion, Confluence

Defect Tracking: Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues, Azure DevOps

API Testing: Postman, Insomnia, Paw, REST-assured (basic)

Automation (supporting): Selenium, Playwright, Cypress (test execution, not framework building)

Performance (basic): JMeter (script execution and result analysis)

Client Success Story: SaaS Platform — 81% Reduction in Production Defects

A B2B SaaS company with a 40-person engineering team had a recurring problem: every major release produced a wave of production defects in the first 48 hours, requiring emergency hotfixes and eroding customer trust. They had automated tests but no structured QA process. Our QA Engineer designed a structured release QA process: risk-based test planning each sprint, 3-day exploratory testing blocks before release, a formal regression checklist for critical user journeys, and a pre-release sign-off process with explicit go/no-go criteria. Production defects in the 48 hours post-release dropped 81% within two release cycles. Emergency hotfix frequency dropped from monthly to twice a year.

Client Success Story: Mobile App — App Store Quality Standard Maintained at 3x Release Velocity

A consumer mobile app team doubled their sprint velocity after a funding round — more engineers, more features, more code shipped per sprint. But their QA process didn’t scale: more code meant more regressions, and App Store review rejections for quality issues were increasing. Our QA Engineer restructured their testing: device matrix coverage standards, an exploratory testing rotation that covered each new feature on 5 representative devices, and an App Store submission checklist that caught review-rejection issues before submission. Release velocity tripled. App Store rating held at 4.7 stars. Review rejection rate dropped to zero.

Why Companies Choose Our QA Engineers

• Risk-based testing: They prioritize testing based on release risk — not just running every test every time regardless of what changed
• Clear defect communication: Their bug reports give engineers what they need to fix issues the first time, not a back-and-forth reproduction process
• Quality culture builders: They coach engineers on testability, advocate for quality in sprint planning, and make testing a shared responsibility
• 50% cost savings: Senior QA engineering expertise at a fraction of US market rates
• Fast start: Most engagements begin within 1–2 weeks

Engagement Models

• Individual QA Engineer — One senior QA Engineer embedded with your team for release testing, exploratory testing, and defect management.
• QA Engineer + SDET Pod — Manual QA Engineer paired with an SDET. The QA Engineer handles exploratory and manual testing; the SDET builds automation to cover the regression suite.
• QA Teams (2–5 engineers) — Full QA coverage for large product surfaces with multiple simultaneous release trains.
• Contract-to-Hire — Evaluate a QA Engineer’s testing approach and communication quality before committing long-term.

How To Vet QA Engineers

Our vetting identifies QA Engineers who own quality — not just execute test cases.

1. Test strategy exercise — Given a feature specification, design a test plan. What do you test, at what depth, and why? What do you automate vs. test manually? We look for risk-based thinking, not exhaustive checkbox coverage.
2. Defect documentation quality — Write a bug report for a real defect they demonstrate. Evaluated on clarity of reproduction steps, severity assessment accuracy, and the context an engineer needs to fix it immediately.
3. Exploratory testing session — 30-minute exploratory session on a real web or mobile application. What did they find? What did they prioritize? What approach did they use?
4. Communication screening — QA Engineers work at the intersection of engineering, product, and business stakeholders. Clear, professional defect communication and the confidence to flag release-blockers are essential.

What to Look for When Hiring QA Engineers

Strong QA Engineers improve product quality as a system — they don’t just find bugs.

What strong candidates demonstrate:

• They design test strategies based on release risk, not standard templates — they adapt scope to what each release actually requires
• They write bug reports that engineers can act on immediately — not vague descriptions that require multiple clarifying questions
• They push back on releases that don’t meet quality standards and can justify their position with data
• They understand the basics of CI/CD and how their testing integrates with the development workflow

Red flags to watch for:

• Test plans that are exhaustive checklists regardless of risk — no prioritization or judgment about what matters
• Bug reports that say “it doesn’t work” without reproduction steps, expected behavior, or environment details
• No opinions on test automation strategy — either wants to automate everything or nothing, without reasoning
• Has never been involved in a release go/no-go decision — has only executed tests, not owned quality outcomes

Interview questions that reveal real depth:

• “Walk me through a time you blocked a release on quality grounds. What was the defect, how did you justify the call, and what happened?”
• “How do you decide what to automate vs. test manually? Walk me through your decision framework.”
• “A developer tells you that a bug you reported is ‘by design.’ How do you handle that conversation?”

Related Services

• SDETs — Software engineers who build test automation frameworks and shift quality left into CI/CD pipelines.
• QA Automation Engineers — Automation-focused QA engineers who bridge manual testing and SDET-level framework building.
• QA Managers — Senior QA leaders who build and manage quality engineering organizations.
• Performance Engineers — Specialists in load testing, performance profiling, and scalability validation.

Want to Hire Remote QA Engineers?

We source, vet, and place senior QA Engineers who own product quality end-to-end — engineers who design test strategies, execute disciplined exploratory testing, and give your team the release confidence to ship faster without breaking things. Whether you need one QA Engineer or a complete quality team, we make it fast, affordable, and low-risk.

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