QA Engineering for EU Software Teams
Ship with confidence — testing gaps closed by an EU partner
Releases stall because nobody can say whether the build is safe to ship, and every hotfix eats the time your roadmap needed. For teams across the EU, the hardest part is finding QA engineers who understand both modern test automation and the compliance bar that ships with European software. krafteq is that partner: our engineers embed in your sprints, close the testing gaps at the root, and hand the process back to you — in weeks, not quarters, with your data and your CI staying in Europe.
Client with blocked release: QA process built within 4 weeks, release cadence increased from monthly to weekly.
ChallengesWhy quality assurance determines success or failure in 2026
For European software organisations, testing gaps are no longer just a delivery risk — they are a compliance and trust risk. The release date is fixed, yet nobody can prove the new code leaves existing functionality intact. Manual regression runs take days, defects surface only in production, and the EU Cyber Resilience Act now expects demonstrable quality evidence for anything you place on the market.
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Severe shortage of QA professionals
Qualified QA engineers with expertise in test automation, AI testing, and DevOps are nearly impossible to find. At the same time, system complexity keeps increasing. This gap widens every quarter.
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Test automation that doesn't hold up
Many companies invest in automation — and months later face fragile test suites that break with every change. The maintenance overhead negates the investment.
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Production data without consequence
94% of organizations evaluate production data. However, nearly half can't derive concrete actions from it. Collecting data isn't enough — you need a process that turns data into quality.
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AI features without guardrails
AI-related incidents rose by 56% in 2024. Yet only 27% of companies have ethical guardrails for AI features. Without dedicated QA for AI components, you risk uncontrolled behavior in production.
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Compliance pressure is growing
The EU Cyber Resilience Act takes effect in September 2026. Without demonstrable quality assurance and SBOM standards, compliance becomes a problem.
Our ApproachQA Engineering instead of outsourcing — your team becomes the quality guarantor
krafteq takes a fundamentally different approach from traditional QA outsourcing. We don't test for you — we empower your team to deliver quality sustainably. Our experienced QA engineers work directly in your sprints, build processes, and transfer knowledge. This creates competency, not dependency.
Restore release readiness and build sustainable test automation. We identify what blocks your releases and eliminate the root cause. Companies typically increase their release cadence from monthly to weekly — within 2-6 weeks. With Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium, we build maintainable structures instead of fragile scripts.
Embed QA as a team competency and deliver measurable results. No separate QA silo. Our engineers work side by side with your developers and establish quality assurance as an integral part of the development process. We measure progress using concrete KPIs — not by hours on the invoice.
ProcessFrom analysis to stable releases
krafteq follows a proven approach that delivers immediately visible results at every phase. No PowerPoint project — but hands-on engineering in your team.
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QA Assessment and Gap Analysis
We analyze your current test coverage, existing infrastructure, and the biggest quality risks. You receive a clear report: where you stand, where the gaps are, and which measures have the greatest leverage.
Clear prioritization of the most critical testing gaps and an actionable plan.
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Test Strategy and Automation Setup
Based on the analysis, we define a pragmatic test strategy: which tests at which level — unit, integration, E2E, performance. Simultaneously, we begin setting up test automation and integrate frameworks into your existing pipeline.
Working test automation in your CI/CD pipeline with first automated test cases.
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Team Integration and Live Operations
Our QA engineers work directly in your sprints. They write tests together with your developers, establish review processes for test code, and build reporting dashboards. The actual knowledge transfer happens in this phase.
Your team writes tests independently and uses the new tools in daily operations.
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Handover and Stabilization
Your team gradually takes over full responsibility. We accompany the transition, verify process stability, and document everything essential. The end result is a QA process your team can independently operate and evolve.
Self-sufficient, documented QA process in your team — with no dependency on external providers.
ServicesCapabilities that sustainably close testing gaps
Our QA engineers do more than write tests — they think production-first and evidence-first, which matters when auditors and EU regulators ask how you assure quality. Every capability below is built to become a competency inside your team, working in your language, your time zone, and your existing toolchain — never an offshore QA silo billed by the hour.
Test Automation with Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium
E2E tests with the leading frameworks — aligned with your tech stack. Whether Java with Spring Boot, .NET with ASP.NET Core, or TypeScript with React: the automation fits your architecture and is maintainable long-term.
CI/CD-Integrated Quality Gates
Automated tests run on every commit in your pipeline. Quality gates in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins ensure that faulty code never reaches production.
API Testing and Load Testing
With REST Assured, Postman, and k6, we cover API contracts and performance bottlenecks. Gatling and JMeter are deployed when scalability under load needs testing.
Code Quality and Security Scanning
SonarQube analyzes your code for technical debt and security vulnerabilities. Snyk and Trivy scan dependencies and container images. This simultaneously helps you meet the requirements of the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
AI Testing and Guardrails
For software with AI components, we establish dedicated test strategies: validation of model outputs, bias detection, and automated regression tests for AI features.
Observability Integration
We connect your test data with your monitoring stack. Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry provide real-time insights into quality metrics. This lets you spot quality issues before your customers do.
Knowledge Transfer and Team Coaching
Every process step is documented and trained. Pair programming, code reviews, and structured handovers ensure your team owns the QA process independently. Alternatively, a dedicated krafteq QA team handles ongoing quality assurance.
ResultsWhat our clients have achieved
QA Engineering for EU Software Teams — let's tackle it
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Quality assurance that satisfies EU regulators — not just your release manager
For companies shipping software into or across the European Union, "it passed the tests" is no longer the finish line. The EU Cyber Resilience Act brings reporting obligations from September 2026 and full compliance from December 2027, with manufacturers expected to demonstrate a repeatable quality process and maintain an SBOM for the components they ship. We build that evidence into the pipeline itself: automated coverage, dependency and container scanning, and quality gates that produce an audit trail as a by-product of everyday development rather than a scramble before an assessment.
Testing gaps rarely stand alone. If fragile builds trace back to an ageing codebase, our work on technical debt and legacy systems removes the structural cause instead of papering over it. Where the CRA obligations are the pressing concern, our CRA compliance and DevSecOps engagement turns the same test and scan output into the documentation regulators ask for. And once the gaps are closed, QA enablement keeps the capability inside your team so quality stays owned in-house long after the engagement ends.
“Quality assurance is not an afterthought — it belongs at the core of the development process. We build QA processes that empower teams rather than making them dependent.”
