Manual QA is the only safety net
Regression cycles take days, slow releases, and miss the same bugs every sprint.
Quality Engineering
Software Testing & QA Automation
Catch regressions before customers do — automated test pyramids and CI gates.
We design test strategies and build automated suites for product teams that need to ship daily without breaking what already works.
Outcomes
Test pyramid wiredCI gates per PRLower escape rateIndustries
SaaSFintechHealthcareE-commerceThe Problem
Bugs reach production because the tests don't exist or don't run.
Flaky tests get ignored
Tests that fail randomly get muted, then deleted, then forgotten.
No coverage signal
You don't know which parts of the codebase are dangerous to change.
End-to-end tests run only locally
If E2E tests aren't in CI, they're not preventing anything.
Our Approach
A pragmatic test pyramid wired into your CI.
Step 1
Strategy + audit
We profile the codebase, identify the riskiest paths, and design the right pyramid for your scale.
Step 2
Unit + integration
Fast feedback on every PR. Critical business logic earns coverage, the rest stays light.
Step 3
End-to-end automation
Playwright / Cypress flows for the top 5–10 customer journeys, running headless in CI.
Step 4
CI gates + reporting
Pull requests can't merge red. Coverage and flake rates are visible to the team.
Deliverables
What ships at the end of the engagement.
Every engagement closes with a working production system, documentation, and a handover so your team owns it after we step out.
- Test strategy document and pyramid design
- Unit + integration suite (Vitest / Jest / pytest)
- End-to-end suite (Playwright or Cypress) for top user journeys
- CI integration with parallel runs and failure reports
- Coverage and flake-rate dashboards
- Team handover + ongoing test maintenance playbook
Use Cases
Where this service creates real leverage.
Pre-launch QA hardening
Build the safety net before the first customer payments hit production.
Fewer hotfixes after launch.
Inherited codebase confidence
Add tests to a legacy codebase so refactors stop breaking things.
Safer refactors and faster onboarding for new engineers.
Daily-deploy enabler
Lift a team from weekly releases to daily by adding CI gates and E2E coverage.
Faster learning loops and lower deploy risk.
Compliance + audit readiness
Document test coverage and traceability for SOC2 / ISO audits.
Cleaner audits and shorter compliance cycles.
Tech Stack
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Vitest
- Jest
- pytest
- GitHub Actions
- Allure
Why SofGent
Built for teams that need real systems, not demos.
We focus on what actually breaks
Coverage % is a side-effect, not a goal. We test what costs the business when it fails.
We kill flake aggressively
Flaky tests get fixed or deleted — never muted.
We integrate with your CI
Tests live next to the code, run in CI, and block merges. Not an offline doc.
Knowledge transfer is part of delivery
Your engineers can extend the framework after we leave.
Pricing
From $8,000
Strategy + automation sprint
Most teams have a working pyramid + CI gates in 2–3 weeks.
FAQ
Answers to the questions clients ask before they book.
Don't see your question? Mention it on the strategy call — we'll cover the specifics for your stack and stage.
Playwright for E2E (more reliable than Cypress for modern apps), Vitest or Jest for JS unit tests, pytest for Python. We pick what's idiomatic for your stack rather than imposing a foreign framework.
We treat flakes as bugs. Each flaky test gets a root-cause investigation — bad selector, async race, test pollution. If it can't be made deterministic, it gets deleted. Muted flakes are technical debt, not a strategy.
Coverage % is a side-effect, not a goal. We aim for 100% on critical business paths — payments, auth, data-mutating routes — and leave the rest light. Total coverage usually lands between 50–75%.
Yes. We add a 'change-protection' suite around the riskiest code paths first, so refactors stop breaking things. Full historical coverage isn't usually worth the time — risk-weighted is.
Ready to start
Let's scope your software testing & qa automation engagement.
Book a free 20-minute strategy call. We'll review your stack, surface the highest-ROI workflow, and outline a production path.