// US-based QA Automation developers
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Senior QA Automation developers, based in the US, working your hours
Test automation and QA engineering, done by US engineers who catch bugs before your customers do.
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- 100% U.S.-based, working your hours
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// teams we've worked with
“NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag.”
Sound familiar?
- Hiring a senior QA Automation developer full-time is taking months.
- Your QA Automation codebase has grown messy and every change breaks something else.
- Offshore hand-offs and time-zone gaps turn one-day fixes into week-long threads.
- You need someone senior enough to make decisions, not just close tickets.
What our QA Automation engineers build
Test automation
Playwright and Cypress suites wired into CI.
Rescue & upgrades
Existing QA Automation work stabilized, documented, and brought up to date.
Integrations
QA Automation connected cleanly to the rest of your systems.
How it works
- 01
Pick a time
Book a 30-minute project call directly in our calendar.
- 02
Talk through the problem
Tell us what needs building, what's stuck and what success looks like. No spec needed.
- 03
Your plan in 48 hours
Get your project plan, roadmap, cost and ROI estimates. The plan is yours to keep.
- 04
First 5 dev hours free
Agree the scope with our team. Decide whether to continue before any paid work begins.
Common questions
Will this turn into a sales pitch?
No. The call is about your project: what needs building, what's stuck, and whether we have the right engineers. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.
What do I get for free?
A project plan, roadmap, cost estimate and ROI estimate within 48 hours of your project call. Your first 5 development hours are free, too. We agree the scope and any paid work with you before proceeding.
Do I need a spec or brief?
No. Tell us the problem in plain words and we'll help shape the scope with you.
Are the engineers really in the U.S.?
Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore hand-offs, and that's in the contract.
What our clients say
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
You can hire senior US-based QA developers from NextGen Coding Company to build automated tests, investigate failures, and strengthen release checks. For web applications, the work can include Playwright with TypeScript, Cypress component tests, and API coverage with pytest or REST Assured. Start with the problems slowing your team down: flaky browser tests, unreliable fixtures, missed regressions, or lengthy manual checks.
Your engineer lives and works in the US, follows your team's hours, and joins standups rather than testing in isolation. Define coverage around actual release risks, from authentication and checkout flows to browser compatibility and database migrations. We sign an NDA and full IP assignment before accessing code. Book a 15-minute call to discuss your stack, test suite, and release process.
Frequently asked questions
- Should we hire a QA developer for Playwright or Cypress?
- Choose based on your application and existing suite, not tool popularity. Playwright supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit, with browser contexts useful for multi-user workflows. Cypress offers component and end-to-end testing with an interactive runner. A QA developer can assess your browser requirements, CI environment, debugging needs, and current test maintenance burden.
- Can a QA developer fix flaky tests in GitHub Actions?
- Yes. The first step is separating product defects from timing issues, shared test data, and environment failures. For Playwright suites in GitHub Actions, useful evidence includes traces, screenshots, network logs, and worker configuration. Fixes might involve isolated fixtures, stable locators, or better readiness checks rather than adding sleeps and retries.
- How should API testing fit into our QA automation?
- API tests should cover behavior that does not need a browser: authorization, validation, error responses, and business rules. Depending on your stack, use pytest, REST Assured, or Postman collections run through Newman. Keep a smaller set of browser tests for critical user journeys, and consider Pact when independently deployed services need consumer-driven contract checks.
- Can QA developers test performance as well as functionality?
- Performance testing can be part of the scope, but it needs separate workloads and acceptance criteria. Tools such as k6 or JMeter can exercise APIs under expected traffic patterns. Define throughput, latency, error thresholds, and test-environment limits first. Functional browser checks alone will not explain database contention or service saturation.
- How quickly can we interview a US-based QA developer?
- Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. Bring your language stack, CI provider, test framework, and a description of your biggest testing bottleneck. Interviews can focus on fixture design, failure diagnosis, and coverage decisions. If the fit isn't right, we bring in a replacement with a proper hand-over.
- Are your developers really based in the US?
- Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore subcontracting and no hand-offs to another team. That's written into the contract.
- How fast can someone start?
- Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. Start dates depend on your interview process.
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