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A QA lead plus testers and automation engineers assembled for your product, working your hours and your tools. Ready in about 21 days from $34 an hour at mid-level, with a quarterly review.
Reply within one working day. NDA before we see your backlog. Rates are in US dollars; contracts can be issued in USD, GBP or EUR.
You need a team, a lead and a process, not just seats. A stable QA squad that works only on your product.
Not sure? Compare all five models or ask for a recommendation.
Four steps, with dates you can plan around.
We map your product, releases, risk and current coverage, then design the team: lead, manual, automation, specialist.
A lead plus testers are assembled and introduced to you. You meet every person before they start.
Two weeks inside your sprint: environments, access, test strategy, first regression pack and a coverage baseline.
The lead reports weekly. Every quarter we review coverage, escape defects and team shape with you.
These terms go into the client agreement. They are not marketing copy.
| Term | Commitment |
|---|---|
| Team assembly | Lead and first engineers in about 21 days |
| Reporting | Weekly status from the lead, quarterly business review |
| Continuity | Backfill within 10 working days with a written handover |
| Minimum term | 6 months, then 60 days' notice |
| Scaling | Add or remove an engineer with 30 days' notice after month three |
| Billing | Monthly in arrears, one invoice for the whole team |
Mid-level rates start at $34 an hour. Region, role and level move the price, and the table shows exactly how. 6 months minimum term, no set-up fee.
| Region | Junior | Mid | Senior | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesNew York, Austin, San Francisco | $75 | $97 | $121 | $145 |
| United KingdomLondon, Manchester, Edinburgh | $43 | $55 | $71 | $85 |
| Western EuropeBerlin, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Barcelona | $29–49 | $35–63 | $45–79 | $53–93 |
| Central & Eastern EuropeWarsaw, Krakow, Prague, Bucharest | $29–30 | $34–38 | $45–50 | $53–60 |
| Latin AmericaSao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogota | $33–39 | $43–49 | $54–63 | $65–77 |
| AsiaBengaluru, Pune, Manila, Kuala Lumpur | $29 | $34 | $45 | $53 |
Swipe the table sideways to see every level.
Engineer pay in these rates is the market median or higher. We do not price below it.
An honest comparison on the factors that decide most QA staffing choices.
| What you compare | In-house hire | Freelancer | Dedicated QA team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | 8-12 weeks: search, notice period, onboarding | 1-4 weeks, depends on your network | About 21 days from signed brief |
| Cost shape | Salary plus about 15-32% on-costs, plus recruiting fees | Day rate, no benefits, no backfill | One hourly rate that includes payroll, equipment, QA-lead review and backfill |
| Who manages the work | Your QA lead or engineering manager | You, full-time | You (augmentation, dedicated) or us (project, managed) |
| If the person leaves | Restart the search, lose the knowledge | Restart the search | Replacement in 10 working days, handover written |
| Scaling up or down | Hiring and redundancy processes | Add one person at a time, if you can find them | Monthly notice after the minimum term |
| Knowledge retention | Highest, if the person stays | Lowest, ends with the contract | Documented in your repo and test-management tool, not in heads |
| Security and compliance | Your policies, your onboarding | Your policies, weaker enforcement | NDA, managed devices, your VPN, access removed on exit |
Nearshore for overlap, offshore for follow-the-sun, onshore for residency rules. Rates for each region are in the table above.
Full-day overlap with US East and Central. Strong in manual, mobile and API testing. English is good to professional; confirm for client-facing roles.
The deepest automation and SDET bench in Europe. Same working day as the UK and EU, a morning overlap with US East.
Right for regulated work that needs EU residency, works-council rules or on-site days. Spain and Portugal cost less than the north and sit one to two hours closer to the US.
Follow-the-sun regression: results are ready when your team starts the day. Plan a shifted start for stand-ups and a written handover.
Signed NDA, your VPN and identity provider, managed devices. Details for regulated work are on the industries pages.
A mutual NDA is signed before we see your backlog, builds or credentials. Every engineer on your account signs an individual confidentiality undertaking.
Engineers connect through your VPN or zero-trust gateway, with your SSO and MFA. We do not ask for shared accounts or credentials sent by email.
Work happens on a PassRidge-managed laptop with full-disk encryption, screen lock, EDR and no local copy of client data, or on your own virtual desktop. USB storage is disabled.
Access is requested per person, per environment, and removed on the day an engagement ends. Test data is synthetic or masked: no live customer records in test.
Identity, right-to-work and employment-history checks before the first day. Criminal-record checks where the client and local law require them.
Our policies, subprocessor list and incident process are in a security pack we share under NDA. We run controls aligned with ISO/IEC 27001 and do not claim a certificate we do not hold.
Augmented engineers work under your manager. A dedicated team has its own lead who owns the test strategy, assigns the work and reports on it. You manage outcomes, not individuals.
Yes. Team members are assigned to your product and do not work on other clients' accounts.
Yes. A typical team mixes manual testers, automation engineers and, if needed, one specialist such as performance or accessibility.
Agreed per account in the first month. Typical measures are requirement coverage, defects found before release against defects that escaped, automation run time and flaky-test rate.
Yes. Engineers can convert to your payroll for a conversion fee that falls to zero after 12 months, and the lead can transfer your process documents to your own manager.
An engagement manager replies within one working day with questions, a team outline and a price range for Dedicated QA team.
Prefer to talk first? Write to [email protected] or use the hiring request form for permanent and contract roles.
Tell us the role you want or the role you need. A QA-only recruiter replies within one working day.