QA and test automation

No. Automate what runs often and must give the same answer every time: unit tests, API tests and the end-to-end journeys that matter most. Keep people for exploratory testing, usability and new features that are still changing. A smaller suite that runs on every change and never fails at random is worth more than a large one nobody trusts.

We use the tools that fit your stack and your team: Playwright or Cypress for web end-to-end tests, Appium for mobile, Jest, JUnit or pytest for unit tests, Postman for API checks, k6 or JMeter for performance and OWASP ZAP for security scans. We keep the tests in your repository and in your engineers’ language where we can, so they can maintain them.

The number of applications and journeys in scope, how testable the current code is, the state of your test data and environments, and how many integrations need simulating. An older application without stable test hooks takes more effort than a new one built with testing in mind. We start with the highest-risk journeys, so the value arrives early.

Yes. We often join an in-house QA team to add automation skills, take on performance or security testing, or cover a busy period. We agree how the work is split, use the same tools and backlog, and train your testers to extend the suites we build.

We use the partner’s test environment or sandbox where one exists, and simulators where it does not, so tests can run on every change without depending on a third party. Test data covers the unhappy paths: rejected payments, timeouts, duplicate messages and partial failures. End-to-end checks confirm that totals reconcile across systems, not only that each call returned a success.

We treat an unreliable test as a defect. It is set aside so it cannot block releases, its cause is found and fixed, and it comes back. Common causes are shared test data, timing assumptions and unstable environments. We track test stability over time, so the suite stays one your team can trust.

You have a named delivery lead and a regular rhythm: planning at the start of each iteration, a demonstration of working software at the end, and a short written report on progress, risks and decisions. You can see the backlog, the code repository and the test results at any time. Steering meetings with your sponsors are held at an interval you choose.