QA Engineer Staffing

Bugs caught, before your customers do.

A full-time QA engineer who tests every release, automates your regression checks and writes bug reports your developers can act on, inside your hours.

Today’s work

Test plans

Writes test plans and cases from your tickets and specs, so every feature has clear acceptance checks.

Manual testing

Tests new features and fixes across browsers and devices before each release.

Test automation

Builds and maintains automated tests in your framework and runs them in your CI pipeline.

Regression testing

Reruns the core flows before every release, so old bugs don’t come back.

What does a QA engineer do?

A QA (quality assurance) engineer tests your software before your customers do: writing test plans, running manual and automated tests, and reporting bugs clearly.

  • Test plans

    Writes test plans and cases from your tickets and specs, so every feature has clear acceptance checks.

  • Manual testing

    Tests new features and fixes across browsers and devices before each release.

  • Test automation

    Builds and maintains automated tests in your framework and runs them in your CI pipeline.

  • Regression testing

    Reruns the core flows before every release, so old bugs don’t come back.

  • Bug reports

    Logs clear, reproducible bugs in your tracker, with steps, screenshots and expected results.

  • API testing

    Tests your APIs directly for correct responses, error handling and edge cases.

Tools they already know

Tell us your stack and we screen for it.

  • Jira
  • TestRail
  • Selenium
  • Cypress
  • Playwright
  • Postman
  • BrowserStack
  • GitHub
  • And moreUsing something else? We screen for that too.

Before you meet anyone

How we screen QA engineers.

Every candidate is checked against the work, your tools and your hours. You only interview the people who pass.

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  1. The duties, not the title

    We review the QA work each candidate has actually done: test plans, manual and regression testing, automation, and bug reporting.

  2. Your test stack

    Tell us your stack and we shortlist people who have worked in it, from Selenium and Cypress to Playwright and Postman.

  3. How they write and speak

    Bug reports, tickets, standups and code review run on clear English, so we screen how each candidate writes and speaks.

  4. Your hours

    We confirm each candidate can work your hours, so releases are tested while your developers are online to fix them.

  5. Background and medical checks

    Every hire passes background and medical checks before day one. They’re part of the process, not an extra.

  6. Then you interview the shortlist

    You meet the candidates who pass, ask your own questions, and choose who joins your team.

One monthly fee per employee.

No placement fee. No separate hiring charges. Everything you need to get a new hire started on your team is inside the fee.

A local hire, salary plus overhead$1,375/wk
A Remote Employee$473/wk

Illustrative example that updates with the calculator. Your fee depends on the role and experience level; the marketplace shows a monthly range for each candidate.

Inside the fee

  • Recruiting and screening
  • Background & medical checks
  • Compliance & BIR registration
  • Payroll & employment taxes
  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Perks & team events
  • Workstation & equipment
  • IT support & HR administration
  • HR management software

Our work in action

HealthcareSurgical admin

Eye Surgery Center: surgical prep moved 2–3 days ahead of schedule

“We are still in the beginning stages, but I am hopeful that our partnership will continue to grow.”

Manager, Eye Surgery Center

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Enterprise softwareCollections

Epicor: an 11-person collections team, hired fast

Stronger AR through collections, better customer communication, and a bigger team without slowing productivity.

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Martial artsLead response

Torrent BJJ: faster lead response and more student sign-ups

“We were able to streamline a number of day-to-day tasks. This helped improve overall workflow, freed up time, and made it easier to focus on growing the business.”

Mike Downes, Owner

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LandscapingBookkeeping & admin

Rustic Countrysides: lower costs and higher productivity

“The support has been incredible. We can call, email, or text the team anytime and get immediate help. They’ve been flexible, responsive, and genuinely invested in helping our team succeed.”

Jamie Moricle, Employment Facilitator

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Real estateOperations & admin

Handa Developers Group: less workload on leadership, more capacity for growth

“The team has been disciplined, sincere, and helpful in reducing our workload so we can focus on other areas of the business.”

Sanjay Kapoor, COO and Partner

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ConstructionOperations & admin

Byrne & Jones: 70% lower labor costs while scaling operations

“Working with Remote Employee has strengthened our organization by improving efficiency and increasing capacity. It’s not just a cost strategy—it’s about building a more efficient, scalable organization.”

Misty Walter, Business Operations Manager

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HVAC & field servicesDispatch & support

Carrier: fixed broken operations without replacing the systems

“Remote Employee gave us access to highly skilled talent we couldn’t afford locally.”

Carrier executive

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Financial servicesAudit & collections

AFCO: 40% lower costs and double the collections performance

“To perform our core functions, we need professionals who can not only read financial statements but understand the broader context and communicate effectively with customers to collect additional premiums.”

AFCO executive

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Logistics & e-commerceOutreach & coordination

Amazon: a national rollout to 80% of U.S. MDU properties

“It required a highly capable, detail-oriented professional who could manage a complex process end-to-end. Remote Employee helped us find exactly that talent, and the results speak for themselves.”

Amazon executive

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What would this role cost you?

Hours (part-time is estimated at half the full-time price)
Where you hire today
$
Benefits, payroll tax, space, equipment
Your cost today, per year$71,500
A Remote Employee, per year$24,600
DifferenceAbout $3,908 a month
$46,90066% less

Want the real number for your role?

Or post your position and we shortlist in days.

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Candidates like these, before any call.

Sample profiles for illustration. Live candidates are in the RE Portal marketplace.

Sample

QA Engineer

Divina S.

6+ years
Total Monthly CostUS$2,700 – US$3,200

Divina is a QA Engineer with 6 years of experience in Cypress, working US Eastern hours.

CypressRegression testingJira+3 more
English FluentBS Computer Science
Sample

QA Automation Engineer

Arvin J.

7+ years
Total Monthly CostUS$3,300 – US$3,900

Arvin is a QA Automation Engineer with 7 years of experience in Playwright, working US Pacific hours.

PlaywrightCI pipelinesAPI testing+3 more
English FluentBS Computer Engineering
Sample

QA Tester

Camille Y.

3+ years
Total Monthly CostUS$2,200 – US$2,600

Camille is a QA Tester with 3 years of experience in Manual testing, working US Central hours.

Manual testingTestRailBug reporting+3 more
English FluentBS Information Technology
Sample

QA Engineer

Nico U.

5+ years
Total Monthly CostUS$2,600 – US$3,100

Nico is a QA Engineer with 5 years of experience in Selenium, working US Mountain hours.

SeleniumPostmanTest plans+3 more
English FluentBS Information Systems
Sample

QA Automation Engineer

Joyce M.

4+ years
Total Monthly CostUS$2,600 – US$3,100

Joyce is a QA Automation Engineer with 4 years of experience in Selenium, working US Central hours.

SeleniumJavaJenkins+3 more
English FluentBS Computer Science
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Questions about hiring QA engineers.

How hiring through Remote Employee works for this role.

They make sure your software works before it reaches customers: writing test plans, testing new features and fixes, maintaining automated and regression tests, and logging clear, reproducible bugs.

Either or both. Tell us the split and we screen for it, from manual and exploratory testers to engineers who build automated suites in Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.

The ones you already run. Tell us your stack and we shortlist people who have worked in it, typically Jira, TestRail, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright and Postman, alongside GitHub.

You give them their own logins with the permissions you choose, as you would for anyone on your team. They work on equipment we provide, and every hire passes background and medical checks before they start.

Yes. They work your hours, join your standups and sprint planning, test tickets as they move across your board, and sign off releases with your team.

It depends on the role, experience, and skills you’re looking for.

Once we know who you need, we’ll give you the cost upfront. There’s a one-time setup fee per employee, followed by a monthly fee. Businesses typically save 50–70% compared with hiring a similar role in the US with equivalent education, experience or other qualifications.

Remote Employee® is the legal employer. We employ your team member locally in the Philippines and take care of their payroll, taxes, contracts, and compliance. You just pay a set monthly invoice while we take care of the rest.

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