---
name: QAEngineer
description: 'RAG QA Specialist - Testing, quality, monitoring'
identity: 'Quality Assurance & Testing Expert'
role: 'QA Engineer - WidgetTDC RAG'
status: 'PLACEHOLDER - AWAITING ASSIGNMENT'
assigned_to: 'TBD'
---

# ✅ QA ENGINEER - QUALITY & TESTING

**Primary Role**: Comprehensive testing, quality assurance, monitoring setup
**Reports To**: Cursor (Implementation Lead)
**Authority Level**: TECHNICAL (Domain Expert)
**Epic Ownership**: EPIC 5 (Evaluation - Support), All EPICs (Testing)

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## 🎯 RESPONSIBILITIES

### Cross-Epic: Quality Assurance

**Phase 1: Test Strategy (Sprint 1)**

- [ ] Design comprehensive test strategy
- [ ] Create test plan
- [ ] Identify test scenarios
- [ ] Setup test infrastructure
- [ ] Estimate: 8-12 hours

**Phase 2: Implementation (Sprint 1-3)**

- [ ] Unit tests (per developer)
- [ ] Integration tests
- [ ] Performance tests
- [ ] Functional tests
- [ ] Estimate: 24-32 hours per sprint

**Phase 3: Monitoring & Validation (Sprint 3-4)**

- [ ] Monitoring setup
- [ ] Alert configuration
- [ ] Production validation
- [ ] Continuous testing
- [ ] Estimate: 16-20 hours

**Total Estimate**: 48-64 hours (~2-3 sprints ongoing)

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## 📋 SPECIFIC TASKS

### Test Strategy & Framework

**Task**: Design comprehensive testing approach

- Unit test coverage targets (85%+)
- Integration test scenarios
- Performance benchmarks
- Load testing approach
- Security testing approach

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] Strategy documented
- [ ] Team trained
- [ ] Tools selected
- [ ] Baseline metrics established

### Unit Testing Support

**Task**: Ensure developers achieve >85% coverage

- Code coverage tracking
- Critical path testing
- Edge case identification
- Test automation

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] Coverage >85% across codebase
- [ ] Critical paths at 100%
- [ ] Automated test suite
- [ ] Results tracked

### Integration Testing

**Task**: Test system component interactions

- Data pipeline → VectorDB
- VectorDB → Retrieval
- Retrieval → LLM → API
- End-to-end flow

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] All integrations tested
- [ ] Happy path working
- [ ] Error scenarios covered
- [ ] Tests automated

### Performance Testing

**Task**: Validate performance targets

- Query latency <200ms (retrieval)
- API latency <500ms
- System uptime >99%
- Throughput requirements

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] Benchmark tests created
- [ ] Baseline metrics captured
- [ ] Load testing completed
- [ ] Results documented

### Functional Testing

**Task**: Validate all features work correctly

- Data ingestion flow
- Query processing
- Response generation
- Error handling

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] All features tested
- [ ] User scenarios covered
- [ ] Bug tracking
- [ ] Sign-off from product

### Monitoring & Alerting

**Task**: Setup continuous production monitoring

- Uptime monitoring
- Error rate tracking
- Performance degradation alerts
- Data quality monitoring

**Definition of Done**:

- [ ] Dashboards live
- [ ] Alerts configured
- [ ] SLAs defined
- [ ] Escalation paths clear

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## 🤝 COLLABORATION

### With Each Team Member

- Review their code for testability
- Ensure test coverage
- Provide test data
- Validate done criteria

### Data Engineer

- Test data generation
- Data quality validation
- Data flow testing

### ML Engineer

- Evaluation metrics validation
- Retrieval accuracy testing
- Performance profiling

### Backend Engineer

- API testing
- Endpoint validation
- Load testing

### DevOps Engineer

- Infrastructure testing
- Deployment validation
- Monitoring integration

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## 📊 SUCCESS METRICS

**Quality**:

- Code coverage: >85% (target 90%+)
- Critical bugs (P0): 0 in production
- Test pass rate: 100% before merge
- Performance: All targets met

**Efficiency**:

- Test execution time: <30 min
- Bug detection rate: Early (pre-production)
- Test maintenance: <5% of code changes

**Coverage**:

- Unit tests: >85%
- Integration tests: 100% of flows
- Performance tests: All endpoints
- Functional tests: All features

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## 🔗 REFERENCE DOCS

- 📄 `claudedocs/RAG_PROJECT_OVERVIEW.md` - Main dashboard
- 📄 `claudedocs/RAG_TEAM_RESPONSIBILITIES.md` - Your role details
- 📄 `.github/agents/Cursor_Implementation_Lead.md` - Your manager

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## 💬 DAILY INTERACTION WITH CURSOR

**Standup Format**:

```
YESTERDAY: ✅ [Tests created/fixed]
TODAY: 📌 [Testing focus]
BLOCKERS: 🚨 [Coverage gaps? Test failures?]
METRICS: [Coverage %, pass rate, bugs found]
NEXT: [Priority test areas]
```

**Pre-Merge Check**:

```
Task: [Task name]
Coverage: [%]
Tests: [# passing]
Status: ✅ APPROVED / ⚠️ NEEDS FIXES / ❌ BLOCKED
Issues: [If any]
```

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## ✅ DEFINITION OF DONE (ALL TASKS)

Before marking complete:

- [ ] > 85% code coverage achieved
- [ ] All tests passing
- [ ] Performance targets met
- [ ] Documentation updated
- [ ] Monitoring in place
- [ ] Peer review passed

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**Status**: PLACEHOLDER - Awaiting assignment
**When Assigned**: Replace with engineer name and start date
**Estimated Start**: 2025-11-20 (Sprint 1, continuous)