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Software testing · Europe & the Americas

Ship releases you don't have to babysit.

I test your software before your customers do. Manual release checks, Playwright and PyTest automation, and a monthly QA package for small software teams that don't have a tester yet. Fully remote, from Belgium.

Testing and reporting in English, French and Spanish, plus Dutch layout checks. Who is behind this?

Tools I work with
  • Python
  • Playwright
  • PyTest
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Odoo
  • Jira
Why this exists

Small teams ship fast. Bugs ship with them.

Most software teams under 20 people have no dedicated tester. Developers check their own work, release day turns stressful, and customers find the bugs.

Shipshape QA tests each release, automates the checks you repeat every week, and reports bugs your developers can fix the same day.

48h

Turnaround for a release check, with a written report and video for every bug.

3 + NL

Languages: full testing in English, French and Spanish, and layout checks in Dutch. Included in every package.

€400

Fixed price for a pilot release check. If the report isn't useful, you don't pay.

1 month

Notice period on the monthly package. No long contracts.

Services

Four things I do, and do well.

Three are sold as fixed-price packages. The fourth, language and layout testing, comes with all of them.

Manual

Release check

A careful test pass of what changed and the flows that make you money, on desktop and mobile in Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Go / no-go summary in 48 hours.

Automation

Test automation set-up

10 to 30 end-to-end tests in Python with Playwright and PyTest, running in your CI on every pull request, with readable HTML reports.

Retainer

QA monthly

Your part-time tester. Every release tested, the automated suite kept green and extended, and a quality report every Friday.

Included

Language and layout

Translations, cut-off text, dates, numbers and currencies checked in English, French and Spanish. Dutch screens checked for layout.

Who I work with

Built for small software companies.

If you ship software to customers and nobody on the team owns testing, this is for you.

Odoo partners

Odoo integrators

Custom modules break at each Odoo upgrade. I test before the upgrade or go-live, then automate the regression checks.

SaaS

SaaS start-ups

Developers test their own code and bugs in sign-up and billing reach customers. I automate those flows first.

Games

Game studios

Builds ship with localisation and UI bugs. I run release checks with French, English and Spanish testing around launches.

Agencies

IT agencies

A client project needs a tester for a few weeks. I join it on a monthly package and invoice the agency.

Where my clients are
  • BE Belgium
  • NL Netherlands
  • ES Spain
  • CH Switzerland
  • DE Germany
  • AR Argentina
  • UY Uruguay
  • US United States

All remote. For the Americas I keep my afternoons for your mornings, and report in Spanish or English.

Packages

Fixed prices. No surprises.

You buy a result, not hours. Language and layout testing is included in every package. Prices in euros, excluding VAT.

Release check

€550 per release

A full manual test pass on a release candidate, before it goes live. No access to your code needed.

  • Test plan based on what changed
  • Core flows on desktop and mobile
  • Bugs logged in your tracker, with steps and video
  • Go / no-go summary within 48h
Book a release check

Automation set-up

€3,500 one-off

A Playwright and PyTest suite for your key flows, running in your CI.

  • 10–30 end-to-end tests
  • Runs on every pull request in GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket
  • Clear reports your team can read
  • Code in your repo, README and handover call
Plan a set-up

Accessibility audit

Your key screens checked against WCAG 2.1 AA with keyboard, screen reader and automated scans, plus a prioritised fix list.

€2,000 one-off

Playwright workshop

A hands-on day for your developers: writing, running and debugging Playwright tests on your own product.

€1,000 per day

Not sure yet? Start with a pilot.

One release check on your next release, for a fixed €400. If the report isn't useful, you don't pay.

Ask for a pilot
How it works

From first call to first bug report in a week.

Day 1

Free 20-minute call

You show me the product and how you release today. I name the biggest risk I see.

Day 2

Test plan

You get a one-page test plan and the pilot price. You send a staging link, test accounts and tracker access.

Days 3–5

Pilot release check

I test, log bugs as I go, and send the go / no-go summary within 48 hours.

Day 6

Review and next step

A 30-minute call on what I found. Then we pick automation set-up or the monthly package.

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About

Hi, I'm Luciano.

I'm a test engineer based in Belgium, working with clients across Europe and the Americas. I tested regulated gaming software at GLI, where a missed bug is not an option, and I've built test automation in Python with Playwright and PyTest.

I started Shipshape QA to give small software teams the kind of testing that larger companies take for granted, at a price that fits a small team.

Test engineering at GLI Python Playwright PyTest CI pipelines
ESNative
FRFluent
ENFluent
NLLayout checks
Questions

Before you get in touch

Do you work remotely?

Yes, everything is remote. In Belgium and the Netherlands I can come on site for a kick-off day when it helps.

Do you work with clients outside Europe?

Yes. I work with teams in Argentina, Uruguay and the United States, in Spanish or English. Our overlap is your morning and my afternoon.

What do you need from us to start?

A test environment I can reach over the internet, test accounts, and access to your bug tracker and chat. For automation, access to your repository and CI.

How do you invoice?

You get a normal invoice with VAT, issued through Smart, a Belgian freelancer cooperative. Release checks are paid on delivery. Automation set-ups and audits take a 50% deposit, with the rest on delivery. The monthly package is invoiced monthly, or quarterly in advance at 5% off.

Do you need access to our code?

Not for release checks. For automation I need read access to your repository and a test environment.

What if we already have some tests?

Good. I start from what you have, fix what is flaky, and fill the gaps.

What don't you do?

Load testing at scale, security or penetration testing, native iOS and Android automation, and fixing your bugs. I find and report them; your developers fix them.

Get in touch

Your next release could be the calm one.

Book a free 20-minute call. Tell me what you ship and how you test it today, and I'll send you a one-page test plan the next day.

luciano@shipshapeqa.com