Building Quality as a Shared Responsibility with Rémy Gronencheld

Sauce Labs

Jan 15, 2025

Is your QA strategy keeping up with the speed of innovation?

In this episode of Test Case Scenario, Jason Baum and Marcus Merrell are joined by Rémy Gronencheld, Quality Assurance Manager at BlaBlaCar, to explore how the global carpooling platform scaled from manual testing to seamless automation. Rémy dives into BlaBlaCar’s journey—moving from Mac minis and manual regressions to a robust, scalable test automation suite with Sauce Labs.

You’ll also hear how BlaBlaCar’s “Q as a Service” model is redefining quality as a shared responsibility across teams.

Join us as we discuss:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:07) Carpooling, community, and connections
(05:47) The early days of testing: manual processes and Mac minis
(08:52) Transitioning from manual testing to automation with Sauce Labs
(10:08) Scaling automation and improving test coverage
(12:17) How Sauce Labs transformed testing workflows and reduced maintenance
(17:15) Tackling global challenges
(21:22) Why quality goes beyond the app and into the car experience
(22:58) Shifting left, shifting right, and finding the right balance for QA
(25:10) Enabling shared responsibility for quality
(28:06) Using data, metrics, and SLOs to track quality and performance
(32:39) Building a culture of quality
(35:43) Supporting teams with QA expertise
(37:04) Adapting QA strategies to team needs and product maturity
(37:37) How BlaBlaCar’s testing journey saves time and builds trust
(38:24) The future of quality at BlaBlaCar

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