Software Testing & QA

AIGard provides quality assurance across the whole software lifecycle, from test strategy to release sign-off. Our QA engineers join your team or own testing for a project.

The work typically covers:

• Test strategy and planning
• Functional and regression testing
• API and integration testing
• Test automation
• Performance and security testing
• Defect tracking and release sign-off

Software Testing & QA is usually the right investment in one or more of these situations:

• Bugs reach customers too often
• Releases are delayed by manual testing
• You have no dedicated QA function
• A critical launch needs independent testing

On a 30-minute scoping call we confirm whether it fits your case and recommend a team shape and first milestones.

Yes. AIGard QA engineers can join your existing team, and QA is one of the most common roles we provide through staff augmentation.

They work inside your tools and environment under least-privilege access, covering test strategy, functional and regression testing, API and integration testing, and automation. Where you would rather hand over testing for a project, our QA engineers can own it through to release sign-off.

Yes. AIGard tests AI features by building evaluation sets and testing for accuracy, hallucination and safety.

This work sits alongside our functional, regression, API and integration testing, so an AI feature is assessed as part of the product and not in isolation. We agree what the evaluation should cover during scoping, and findings go through the same defect tracking and release sign-off as the rest of the release.

From the start. Test strategy defined alongside requirements prevents defects that are expensive to remove later.

AIGard QA engineers can work inside your team, as part of a dedicated team, or as an owned testing engagement.

We review the existing code and architecture, then agree what to keep, refactor or replace.

Work is sequenced so the business keeps running while the system changes, with testing protecting behaviour that must not regress.

For Software Testing & QA, AIGard engineers typically work with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Python and TypeScript.

The stack is selected to fit the systems you already run, and engineers are matched to it before they join.

Software Testing & QA is available through any of AIGard’s three engagement models: staff augmentation, where engineers join your team; a dedicated team that runs the workstream; or software outsourcing, where AIGard delivers a defined project.

The choice depends on how much of the delivery you want to manage, and it can change later under the same agreement.

Engineers typically start within two to four weeks of the scoping call. The exact date depends on the roles, seniority and number of people required.

We confirm a realistic start date in writing before you commit, and you meet the proposed engineers before work begins.

AIGard engineers typically cost 30–50% less than the fully loaded cost of a comparable US-based hire, with no recruiting fees, benefits overhead or insurance costs on your side.

The figure for a specific engagement depends on the model, the roles, the seniority mix and the size of the team. We issue a written proposal after the scoping call, so the commercial terms are agreed before any work starts.

NDAs are signed before any access is given, and engineers work inside your environment under least-privilege access, with permissions limited to their responsibilities.

Access is reviewed as roles change and removed when work ends. Our practices align with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA, with PII masking, encryption and audit logging built into data work. We review your access policies, data-handling needs and vendor requirements during scoping.

You do. Intellectual property assignment is written into every contract, in every engagement model.

That covers source code, designs, documentation, data, models and prompts produced for you. Third-party components and their licenses are identified, so ownership is clear at handover.