Software testing services · Cape TownQuality, with no gaps.
Tessellate is a QA consultancy that fits manual testing, Playwright test automation and API testing together into one plan, so your team ships with confidence and nothing slips through the cracks.
- ISTQB-certified QA consultant
- 7 years in fintech, insurance and SaaS
- English and Afrikaans
- Remote: South Africa, UK, Europe and US teams
Services
QA testing services that fit together.
Choose one service or combine them. Each engagement starts with a clear scope and ends with a report your whole team can read.
Playwright test automation services
Maintainable Playwright and JavaScript test suites that run in your CI pipeline on every change, so regressions are caught in minutes instead of in production.
Explore 02API testing services with Postman
Thorough tests for the layer under your screens: contracts, negative paths, authentication and data validation, organised in Postman collections your team can run and extend.
Explore 03Manual and exploratory testing services
Careful, structured testing by a person who thinks like your users: the edge cases, usability issues and real-world journeys that scripts tend to miss.
Explore 04QA audit and test strategy consulting
An independent review of how your team tests today, with a clear, prioritised plan for where to invest next: manual, automated or API testing.
Explore 05Regression testing services and release support
A repeatable regression pack for every release, run manually, automated, or both, with a clear go or no-go recommendation at the end.
Explore 06Hire a QA engineer in Cape Town
An ISTQB-certified QA engineer working inside your team: hourly, fixed-scope or on a monthly retainer.
How it worksIndustries
Software testing for products where mistakes are expensive.
Fintech and banking
Payments, onboarding, transaction flows and the API integrations behind them, tested for accuracy and resilience.
Insurance
Quotes, policy administration and claims journeys, where complex rules have to hold true for every customer.
SaaS
Fast release cycles supported by automation that keeps up, without slowing your developers down.
E-commerce
Catalogue, cart, checkout and payment journeys that stay reliable across browsers and devices.
How we work
Four steps. No surprises.
- 01
Discover
A free call to understand your product, your risks and how your team ships today.
- 02
Map
A coverage map and test plan that shows which pieces get manual, automated or API testing, and why.
- 03
Test
Execution, automation and clear defect reports, worked into your existing tools and sprint rhythm.
- 04
Report
Plain-language results: what was tested, what was found, what it means for the release.
Pricing
Hourly, fixed-scope or monthly retainer.
Pick a day rate for flexible capacity, a fixed-scope package for a defined deliverable, or a monthly retainer for ongoing releases. Every quote follows a free discovery call. Rates to confirm.
About
Rowan Kirchner, QA consultant in Cape Town
Tessellate is led by Rowan Kirchner, an ISTQB-certified QA engineer with seven years of experience across fintech, insurance and SaaS.
Rowan works across the full testing stack: manual and exploratory testing, test automation in Playwright and JavaScript, and API testing in Postman. The approach is simple: understand the product, map the risks, and fit the right kind of testing to each piece so nothing is left uncovered.
- Certification
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- Experience
- 7 years
- Based in
- Gordon's Bay, Cape Town
- Languages
- English and Afrikaans
Selected work
Results, in clients' own words.
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Contact
Let's find the gaps before your users do.
Tell us about your product, your timeline and what worries you about the next release. You will get a reply within one business day (to confirm).
- Email hello@your-domain.co.za
- Phone +27 XX XXX XXXX
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/your-page
- Location Based in Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, South Africa · remote only, working with teams in South Africa, the UK, Europe and the US
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