Add senior QA engineers to your team in days. Same timezone. No recruiting fees. No long-term commitment. Just skilled QA talent when you need it.
Traditional hiring is broken for QA. If any of these sound familiar, staff augmentation is worth a serious look.
Consequence: Your releases wait while job boards sit idle.
The average QA engineering hire takes months from first posting to first productive sprint. In that time your backlog grows and your coverage gaps compound.
Consequence: A full-time hire is overkill. But doing without costs more.
Project-scoped work does not justify a permanent headcount. But shipping without QA coverage is a decision you pay for later in defects and rework.
Consequence: Coverage gaps. Rushed testing. Defects in production.
When QA bandwidth maxes out, the first thing that gets cut is depth. Testers start covering less, moving faster, and defects that should have been caught in staging reach your users.
Consequence: Async reviews delay defect resolution. Standups at 9 PM.
A defect filed at 2 AM your time is a defect you can't respond to until the next afternoon. Offshore QA creates a feedback loop that slows down every sprint.
Consequence: Months before your new QA hire delivers independent value.
Even when recruiting goes well, onboarding a junior or mid-level QA hire to your product, tools, and domain takes weeks. STS engineers arrive ready to contribute from day one.
From the first call to your first day of coverage, the process is fast and straightforward.
We start with a 30-minute intake call. What's the role? What skills do you need? What's the timeline? We identify whether you need a generalist QA engineer, automation specialist, or performance tester.
We present 2–3 matched STS engineers with full profiles. You review, interview if desired, and choose who you want on your team. No guessing.
Your new QA team member joins your standups, gets access to your tools, and starts contributing within the first week. We handle all employment, compliance, and HR. You manage the day-to-day work.
STS stays involved. Regular check-ins with you and your engineer. Performance reviews. Easy scale-up or wind-down with no penalty. You control the engagement.
30-minute intake call to define the role, skills needed, and timeline. Generalist QA, automation, or performance.
We present 2-3 matched STS engineers with full profiles. You review, interview if desired, and choose your engineer.
Your new QA team member joins standups, gets tool access, and contributes within the first week. STS handles HR and compliance.
Regular check-ins, performance reviews, and easy scale-up or wind-down with no penalties. You control the engagement.
Senior QA talent, on demand, without the overhead of traditional hiring.
Add 1 engineer or 5. Scale your QA capacity to your sprint demand, up or down, on your schedule.
No benefits, no payroll overhead, no recruiting fees. Senior QA talent at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
Short-term projects, extended engagements, or ongoing retainers. The model adapts to what your business actually needs.
Our engineers are accountable to your milestones. We track deliverables and ensure your coverage targets are met every sprint.
Access experienced QA engineers across Canada and Latin America, nearshore aligned, no offshore timezone pain.
Trusted by leading organizations
All STS engineers are based in Canada or Latin America. Same timezone. Real-time collaboration. No 12-hour async lag.
Our team spans Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and key cities across Latin America, all within EST to PST range.
Your STS engineer attends your standups, responds in Slack, and files defects the same day they are found.
Offshore QA ships you a defect log while you sleep. Nearshore QA debugs it with you during business hours.
We place QA engineers who understand the compliance landscape and technical complexity specific to your industry.
Patient portals, care coordination, clinical software
Billing systems, Elite 3E, Intapp, matter management
Regulated platforms, POS systems, compliance workflows
Payment infrastructure, financial data platforms
Transaction flows, mobile checkout, platform migrations
Manual QA analysts, QA automation engineers (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium), mobile testers, accessibility specialists, and performance testers. We match to your exact requirements.
Canada and Latin America, primarily Toronto, Montreal, and key cities in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. All within North American business hours.
Yes. Your augmented engineer works inside your team, follows your processes, and reports to your leads. STS handles HR, payroll, and compliance.
Three months minimum for staff augmentation. Most engagements run 6 to 12 months. We have also done short-term project placements when the scope justifies it.
We are open to discussing conversion arrangements after a 12-month engagement. Talk to us early. We would rather keep the relationship structured for both sides.
No recruiting delays. No placement fees. Just a skilled QA engineer embedded in your team and contributing from day one.