A complex software platform was outgrowing its initial QA setup. During a rapid engineering ramp, coverage couldn't keep up and regression cycles were eating release time.
A senior QA engineer joined to learn the product, defined a tailored QA strategy, and wired exploratory plus regression discipline into the dev cycle. Three more engineers joined as the team scaled, and AI no-code automation compressed regression further.
Four QA engineers embedded across ~4 years. 95% manual coverage, 65–70% automation. Near-zero P0/P1 bugs in production. Regression compressed 3–4d → 1d.