Founders and startup veterans know the reality of just starting out in the software venture: everyone pitches in and wear different hats to pursue bringing their product to market. As they scale, we help them differentiate development and testing by building out independent quality assurance functions to give their customers a user experience they deserve.
Why Canada’s startup companies trust their QA to CSE
With flexible engagement models, we scale as they grow
Our flexible approach allows us to quickly augment and extend their team to give them a boost wherever and whenever they need it. From fractional QA assistance to dedicated test engineers, we work on their terms to ensure a seamless and frictionless engagement.
Hands-on expertise in building out quality assurance teams
Our firm has been developing and testing software for over 20 years, and that expertise is what they can leverage to help them structure and stand up their own quality assurance function that fits perfectly in their development process.
Our QAs are local and self-reliant
They need a partner who is as agile as they are. Our in-house team in Markham collaborates with them in-person or in-timezone. They experience none of the frustration and common churn of typical offshore QA resources: Our team of QA developers are motivated problem-solvers who communicate clearly and proactively to ensure nothing is left up to chance.
How we helped the TTC and Metrolinx meet immovable deadlines and deploy full fare integration
In 2024, the Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx completed a challenging and complex fare integration project. Learn more on how we developed and executed a testing strategy that spanned 6 transit agencies and thousands of test scenarios.
Functional Testing
Getting to market quick means relying on a mix of software applications and components to deliver a seamless experience for their customers - APIs, open source packages, SaaS functions, cloud storage, media streaming platforms and more. We help them build and manage comprehensive test programs to cover all use scenarios, especially as these systems integrate with each other into a complex network of services.
How Canada’s startup companies engage CSE
Automation & Continuous Testing
Speed and efficiency are required to maintain a competitive edge over their competition, and manual testing is simply insufficient in terms of both coverage and speed. CSE test automation and CI/CD pipeline services drastically reduces testing time and ensures their DevOps do not become the bottleneck that holds them back from delivering the best user experience to your customers.
Performance Testing
End users have high expectations and minimum patience, demanding applications that are fast, reliable, and instantly accessible. Our performance testing services simulate real-world load conditions to give them the confidence that their systems can scale with their user growth without service degradation. They only get one chance to make a first impression, and we make sure their application is up to the task.
DevSecOps
Security is a top priority for firms with applications that move vast amounts of data, and even more so if they serve an industry that’s highly regulated. Our DevSecOps advisory integrates proactive security practices early on and throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring that security is automatically embedded at every stage from design to deployment with minimal overhead.
QA Strategy Consulting
We help them develop a tailored QA strategy that addresses their unique challenges, such as covering risk in complex interconnected distributed systems, or ensuring smooth deployment of third-party integrations. A robust QA strategy ensures they can deliver high-quality software faster, and with more confidence that their customers always have a positive user experience.
Data Quality Testing
Data fuels modern applications, and ensuring data accuracy is critical for both their customers and their organization. Our client’s leverage our rigorous approach to data quality to help them reduce costly customer-facing errors, make informed decisions, and ensure customer and financial data is accurate and secure as it moves from system to system.
