Startups have limited resources, we prioritize the best we can. As a staff engineer it's my responsibility to bring this to my company, but it's not an overnight process.
From this argument, it sounds like your company is making a rational choice to go with what you’re seeing. Even if you don’t like it.
why wouldn't you use those limited resources to test things before they go to production, instead of creating more crappy things that go to production?