Scalable QA Strategy for a Fintech Lending Platform

Our team elevated a financial services company’s testing capabilities by building a complete QA strategy. We automated core test suites, improved test coverage, and empowered their team with testing best practices.

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Without their insight and guidance, we would not be in the place we are today with our productivity, security, and safety. They collaborated with us in our streams and stand-ups, and helped us deliver great value.
James Trevor Gale
Software Engineering Manager

Meet Our Client

Our client is a B2B and consumer fintech company transforming financing for the subprime and non-prime markets. By combining financial expertise with machine learning and artificial intelligence, they help loan originators access real-time data, secure capital, and optimize loan performance across portfolios.

Founded in 2017.
Headquartered in Arlington, Texas.
Pioneered the first nonprime auto loan securitization product in 2020.
Specializes in financing solutions for underserved markets.
Built on AI and ML-driven portfolio optimization technology.

Understanding Challenges

Our client’s development speed demanded a reliable and scalable approach to quality. With this purpose, they set clear goals: strengthen their automation, build a complete and scalable QA strategy, and internalize testing best practices.

Illustration of a person at a laptop placing a chess piece on the screen and holding a connected-nodes icon, representing strategy and thoughtful decision-making.

Solutions and Activities

In order to enhance the client’s engineering workflow, we integrated a team of experts, prioritizing collaboration, and team training. We began by partnering with them to design and implement a tailored QA strategy aligned with their engineering processes.

We created comprehensive test suites for seven applications, including automated test suites for two key front-end platforms and coverage for five APIs. We partnered closely with development teams in stand-ups, guiding their automation journey while focusing on shipping new features.

Recognizing the importance of self-sufficiency, we embarked on a mission to empower their internal team for long-term success. We provided training on building test suites, running regression testing, and automating tests. This transfer of practical knowledge equipped them to own and maintain their automation processes going forward, enabling sustained value.

Results and Achievements

Our collaboration led to transformative outcomes across quality, performance, and team capability. These achievements reflect our client’s growth and approach to quality.

Reduced the bug rate per commit from 1.0 to 0.2, by improving test coverage and embedding automation into the development lifecycle.
Strengthened the team's autonomy in automation by training them to build and maintain their own suites for both frontend and API testing.
Increased confidence in releases by delivering a complete test suite framework across all 7 applications.
Boosted collaboration across teams through daily interactions in stand-ups and value-driven alignment within agile workflows.
Elevated system robustness, through a structured, scalable QA strategy backed by actionable insights and expert leadership.

Our partnership left a lasting impact on their QA maturity and culture. We helped them move from reactive testing to a proactive, strategy-led model. This evolution continues to support their fast-paced growth and high standards of delivery.