Hire QA Engineers
QA engineers who find what your users would have found first. Manual testing, test automation, and release confidence, working in your issue tracker, your hours, and your workflow. Start in 5 to 10 business days, cancel with 30 days notice, no recruitment fee.
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Ways to Hire QA Engineers
Three engagement models, one vetting standard. Pick based on how much testing your release cycle actually needs.
Dedicated QA Engineer
One engineer, full time, embedded in your team.
Your issue tracker, your standups, your release rhythm. Best when releases are frequent enough that testing is a constant, not an event. Monthly contract, scale down with 30 days notice.
See monthly rates →Hourly QA Engagement
Senior QA help for a defined problem.
Regression test a major release, build your first automation suite, or investigate why bugs keep reaching production. For teams that release monthly or less, this is usually the more sensible amount of QA to buy.
See hourly rates →Developer + QA Pair
One QA engineer working alongside a developer under one technical lead.
Best when you are adding development capacity and want quality built into delivery from day one: a new product, a rebuild, or an existing codebase with little or no test coverage.
Talk through pairing →The QA Work We Take On
Our own platforms ship to paying users, so quality means something concrete: fewer bugs reaching production, releases that do not depend on last-minute heroics, and a test suite your team can trust.
Test Automation
Automated coverage for the flows that matter most: signup, payments, publishing, messaging, and other critical journeys. The tests run inside your CI pipeline so every pull request is checked automatically.
Get consultationManual & Exploratory Testing
The issues automation does not catch: broken flows on real devices, edge cases in real data, usability gaps, and unexpected user behavior. Every issue is documented in your tracker with clear reproduction steps.
Leave a requestRegression & Release Testing
A defined regression pass before each release, focused on what changed and what those changes can affect. The goal is simple: release with confidence instead of finding problems after users do.
Order an estimateWhen a Full-Time QA Engineer Is Too Much
If you release monthly or less, a dedicated QA engineer may be more capacity than you need. In that case, hourly testing around each release, or a Developer + QA Pair for active product development, can be the better fit. We will tell you which model makes sense instead of pushing the larger engagement.
View Our PortfolioHow We Vet QA Engineers
Four stages before anyone appears in a profile we send you. You see the evidence, not just the claim.
Application Review
We screen for real product testing experience, not just certifications, tool lists, or course projects. Candidates need evidence of testing live products, working with development teams, and finding issues that matter to users.
Technical Screen
A live session covering the judgment that matters in real QA work: test case design, risk-based prioritization, writing bug reports developers can act on, and deciding what should be automated and what should stay manual. No trivia questions.
Live Testing Scenario With a Lead
The candidate tests a real feature inside an existing product while one of our technical leads reviews their approach. We look at what they choose to test first, which risks they prioritize, and how clearly they document what they find, not just how many bugs they log.
Paid Test Project
A scoped, paid testing assignment reviewed against our standards, including coverage of high-risk flows, reproducible bug reports, test quality, and automation code held to the same review bar as product code. Only engineers who clear this stage join the bench.
Hire a QA Engineer in 4 Steps
From requirements call to the first bug report in 5 to 10 business days. Your total time: about one hour.
Requirements Call
Tell us what you are building, how often you release, where bugs usually appear, and what level of QA coverage you need. You speak with a technical lead, not a sales layer. An NDA can be signed before any product details are shared.
Review Your Matched QA Engineer
We match a QA engineer to your product and send their profile, including testing experience, tool history, and work samples. Not the right match? Tell us why and we rematch before anything is signed.
Engineer Starts in Your Workflow
Your issue tracker, build pipeline, test environments, and bug-reporting format stay in place. Contract and IP assignment are signed before the first test cycle begins.
Scale as You Need
Continue full time, add more testing around major releases, or scale down with 30 days notice and no exit fee. If the engineer is not the right fit, we replace them within 5 business days at no additional cost.
What You See Before Your QA Engineer Starts
Every match comes with a full profile pack. Nothing is signed until you have reviewed it.
QA Engineer Profile Pack
Generated by Xpertz Vetting Team1. Experience Summary
See their years of experience, seniority, and the products they have tested. The summary is written by the technical lead who vetted them, not by the engineer.
2. Tool & Stack History
Review the automation frameworks, testing tools, environments, and product types they have worked with in production and for how long. Not just a skills list, but a track record.
3. Work Samples
Review real automation code, test cases, and bug reports before making a hiring decision.
4. Communication Check
See their English proficiency and confirmed working-hour overlap with your timezone before the engagement starts.
Not the right match after reviewing? We rematch you before anything is signed.
QA Engineer Rates
What it costs to hire a QA engineer through Xpertz: $25 to $80 per hour based on seniority, with full-time monthly plans priced below the equivalent hourly cost. Comparable US-based QA engineers typically bill $50 to $120+ per hour. No recruitment fee or hidden overhead.
| Seniority | Experience | Hourly Rate | Monthly Full Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | 3 to 5 years | $25 - $35 | $3,000 - $4,000 |
| Senior | 5 to 8 years | $35 - $50 | $5,000 - $7,000 |
| Lead | 8+ years | $50 - $80 | $7,000 - $10,000 |
QA Skills You Can Put to Work
The testing disciplines and tools our QA engineers use across web, APIs, releases, CI, and product quality, applied against products with real users.
Web Automation
API Testing
Unit & Integration
Manual Testing
Mobile Testing
CI Integration
Reporting & Coverage
Product Testing
What Working With Your QA Engineer Looks Like
Your testing process stays in your control. The engineer works inside the workflow your team already uses.
Works Inside Your Workflow
Your issue tracker, sprint board, and release calendar stay in place. Your QA engineer works directly with your developers, with no account manager in between.
Your Bug Process Stays Yours
Reports go into your tracker, in your format, using your severity levels and workflow. If you do not have a testing process yet, the engineer can establish a lightweight one and document it for your team.
Test Code and Reports Belong to You
All automation code, test cases, bug reports, and documentation produced during the engagement belong to you. IP assignment is documented in writing before the first commit.
Review Before They Join
You see the engineer's testing experience, tool history, and work samples before signing. If the match is not right, we rematch before the engagement starts.
Fits Your Release Process
Your deployment gates, sign-off rules, and definition of done stay in place. Testing happens within your existing product and development workflow.
Flexible Terms + 5 Day Replacement
Dedicated engineers are billed monthly from day one. Hourly engagements have a 24-hour minimum and can stop anytime. Scale down or end a monthly engagement with 30 days notice and no exit fee. If the engineer is not the right fit after starting, we replace them within 5 business days at no additional cost.
Why Teams Hire QA Engineers From Xpertz
Know what you are paying, how quickly your QA engineer can start, and what happens if the engagement is not the right fit.
Clear rates based on seniority, with no recruitment fee or hidden overhead.
Review your matched engineer before they join your testing workflow.
Automation code, test cases, bug reports, and documentation produced during the engagement belong to you.
Scale down or end a monthly engagement with 30 days notice and no exit fee.
Get Matched With a QA Developer
Tell us what you need. We'll use it to shortlist developers who fit your stack, seniority, and working hours.
FAQs About Hiring QA Engineers
Through Xpertz, a mid-level QA engineer with 3 to 5 years of experience costs $25 to $35 per hour, a senior engineer with 5 to 8 years costs $35 to $50, and a lead with 8+ years costs $50 to $80. Hiring QA testers full time costs $3,000 to $10,000 per month depending on seniority, priced below the equivalent hourly cost. Rates are all in, with no recruitment fee or hidden overhead. Comparable US-based QA engineers typically bill $50 to $120+ per hour.
Most engagements go from the requirements call to the first test cycle in 5 to 10 business days. We send you a matched QA engineer profile within 48 hours of understanding your requirements.
Yes. Before anything is signed, you receive the engineer's profile pack, including their testing experience, tool and stack history, work samples, and communication check. If the match is not right, we rematch you before the engagement starts.
Both. Most products need a mix of manual and automated testing. Automation covers repeatable, high-value flows and can run with every change, while manual and exploratory testing catches issues automation cannot. We scope the right mix during the requirements call, including when hiring manual testers alone makes more sense because the product is changing too quickly to justify automation.
Because the vetting standard is comparable. Our QA engineers complete a four-stage screening process, including a paid testing assignment reviewed by a technical lead. Automation code is also reviewed against engineering standards. Low-cost testing becomes expensive when bugs are poorly prioritized, cannot be reproduced, or continue reaching production.
Yes. That is the default setup. Your QA engineer works within your sprint board, standups, issue tracker, release schedule, and definition of done. Testing happens alongside development rather than being left until the end of the release cycle.
Our engineering team is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Working hours are arranged around your team, and the required timezone overlap is confirmed before you approve the engineer.
You do, 100%. All automation code, test cases, bug reports, and documentation produced during the engagement belong to you. IP assignment is documented in writing before the first commit.
You review the engineer's profile, testing experience, tool history, and work samples before the engagement starts. If the initial match is not right, we rematch you before anything is signed. If the engineer is not the right fit after starting, we replace them within 5 business days at no additional cost.
Yes. The engineer can start by understanding the product, mapping its highest-risk flows, establishing a testing process, and then building automation around the areas where repeatable coverage provides the most value. You do not need an existing test process before hiring a software tester.
Get Matched With a QA Engineer
Tell us what you are building, how often you release, and what level of testing you need. We'll send you a matched engineer profile and work samples before anything is signed.
