For startups and growing companies
Release on schedule, tested
A QA engineer writes automated regression during the sprint and signs off each release.
- The SoTalented Office Guarantee
- Works in your time zone
- $0 until you hire
Sound familiar.
- Testing happens in the last two days of the sprint.
- Developers test their own code, so the same bugs get through.
- Releases slip, or ship and get patched.
For example
Say testing happens at the end of the sprint, by whichever developer has time. Releases slip, or go out and get patched the next day.
Add a QA engineer in your satellite office. They work in the sprint with your developers, write and maintain automated regression in Playwright, Cypress or Selenium, log bugs with clear steps, and sign off each release.
Testing moves from the end of the sprint into it.
What you’d set up.
Every seat is dedicated to your company and never shared. Prices are per person, per month, all-inclusive, and differ by level.
QA engineer
from $1,500 a month
What they’ll own
- Runs test plans and regression before each release
- Builds and maintains automation in Playwright, Cypress or Selenium
- Logs bugs with steps, expected versus actual, and environment
- Works with your developers in the sprint, not after it
- Keeps the test suite current as the product changes
Start with one seat and add the next when it’s working. $0 until your first hire starts, and 30 days notice to scale down.
What’s inside every seatYour QA engineer is working in about three weeks.
Here is exactly what happens after you say yes, week by week.
Week one
We find them
- We do
- Write the job description, source, screen and run the technical assessment.
- You do
- Brief us on the role and sign the brief.
Week two
You choose
- We do
- Check English and time zone, then run background verification, references and the offer.
- You do
- Interview a shortlist that has already passed the assessment, and choose.
Week three
They start
- We do
- Contracts, benefits, desk, equipment and software access, all in place.
- You do
- Welcome them.
Day one
They start.
You start paying here. Until then, you pay nothing.
Freelance testers, or QA that knows the product.
Testing gets better with product knowledge. Here’s what changes when the tester stays.
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Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
The SoTalented Office Guarantee
Hire with confidence. The risk is ours.
Four promises behind every person who joins your office.
Right person
What if they are not the right fit?
We replace them inside 30 days, free.
No questions asked. Tell us it is not working, and the replacement is on us.
Right office
Where will they actually work?
In a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in India.
WeWork-grade workspace in Bangalore or Jaipur, with reliable internet, power backup, IT support and security in place.
Right management
Who looks after them once they start?
We do, across 42 touchpoints.
You interview and approve. Payroll, HR, reviews, growth and a clean exit are ours.
Right terms
What am I signing up for?
Nothing, until your first hire starts.
Then one invoice a month, no long-term contract, and 30 days notice to scale down.
Manual or automated?
Both. Manual where it makes sense, automation for regression, so the suite grows with the product.
Do they work alongside our developers?
Yes. They’re in your sprints, standups and tools, in your time zone.
What level do we need?
Junior if someone on your team will own the test strategy. Mid if the QA engineer should own testing for whole releases.
What does a seat cost?
It depends on the role and the level. Every price is all-inclusive: salary, benefits, payroll, compliance, office, IT and equipment, on one invoice. Each role’s bands are on its page.
Can I start with one seat?
Yes. You pay nothing until your first hire starts, add seats when it works, and give 30 days notice to scale down.
Related use cases.
For startups
Get the founders out of QA and support
Your CTO still tests every release, and your CEO still answers the tickets.
Read the use case: Get the founders out of QA and supportWhat you’d set up
QA engineer, customer support rep
For startups and growing companies
Grow one developer into a product pod
Your first hire is working. Now they need testing and design around them.
Read the use case: Grow one developer into a product podWhat you’d set up
Full-stack developer, QA engineer, product designer
For growing companies
The backlog your team never reaches
Internal tools and integrations keep sliding to next sprint.
Read the use case: The backlog your team never reachesWhat you’d set up
Full-stack developer
Start with one seat.
Tell us your situation on a call. We’ll tell you honestly whether a satellite office fits it, and what it would cost.