QA Automation Team

An 8-month staff augmentation engagement that built comprehensive test automation, dramatically improving quality and release velocity.

The Engagement

A SaaS company struggled with quality:

• Manual testing bottleneck - 2 weeks for regression
• Frequent bugs - Production issues after releases
• Slow releases - Quality concerns slowing delivery
• No automation - All testing done manually

They needed test automation expertise.

Our Team

We provided a dedicated QA automation squad.

Team Composition

• 1 QA Automation Lead
• 2 Automation Engineers
• 1 Performance Engineer

Engagement Goals

1. Automation Coverage - 90%+ critical paths
2. CI Integration - Tests in every pipeline
3. Performance Testing - Load and stress tests
4. Knowledge Transfer - Enable internal team

The Work

Test Strategy

• Test pyramid implementation
• Critical path identification
• Test data management
• Environment strategy

Automation Framework

• E2E testing with Playwright
• Component tests with Cypress
• Unit tests with Jest
• API testing automation

Performance Testing

• Load testing with k6
• Stress and spike testing
• Performance baselines
• Continuous performance

CI/CD Integration

• Tests in pull requests
• Parallel test execution
• Flaky test management
• Test reporting dashboards

Technology Stack

Results & Impact

The engagement transformed quality:

• 90% automation of critical paths
• 5x faster regression cycles
• Zero critical bugs escaped to production
• Full CI integration of test suites

Automation Approach

Test Types

• Unit tests (50%)
• Integration tests (30%)
• E2E tests (20%)

Quality Metrics

• Code coverage tracking
• Test reliability scores
• Execution time monitoring
• Bug escape rates

Client Testimonial

"We went from dreading releases to shipping with confidence. The automation runs in 30 minutes instead of 2 weeks of manual testing."

— VP of Engineering, SaaS Company

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