Product QA Engineer / Cofounder @ a mental health startup
Shared Smiles
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**Commitment:**
Part-time to start, flexible hours
**Compensation:**
Co-founder equity / sweat equity, with little or no cash compensation at the beginning
**About Us**
We are a mental health startup with more than 8,000 users per month, an existing product, an international team, and a large library of psychometric tests and self-help content.
We already have traffic, users, content, a codebase, and a multidisciplinary team. We are not starting from zero. The challenge is turning an existing platform into something significantly better.
Our focus is to build an intelligent, scalable platform that uses AI to transform mental health support. By seamlessly combining data-driven psychometric insights with AI-guided peer-to-peer interactions, we empower users to build real, supportive connections and navigate meaningful mental wellness journeys together.
**The Opportunity**
We know that many good engineers already have demanding full-time jobs. We are not asking you to quit your job tomorrow.
We are looking for a senior QA engineer who can contribute part-time at the beginning and take ownership of important quality assurance and testing work.
As a co-founder, you would not only test our solution. You would help shape testing decisions, quality standards, product direction, and the long-term reliability of the platform.
This role is most relevant for someone who wants to build their own startup, but prefers joining an existing project with users, traction, and a team rather than starting completely from scratch.
**What You Would Work On**
- This role focuses on
**exploratory, functional, end-to-end user journey, and cross-browser testing**
,
- Turn product requirements into comprehensive test plans and test scenarios..
- Align test scenarios and test outcomes with the product management team.
- Perform manual and AI-assisted testing of the solution.
- Create understandable test results and communicate findings to the tech team.
- Define release readiness, acceptance criteria, and quality standards together with the product and tech leads.
- Help improve testing practices and QA processes as the team grows.
**Who This Fits**
This role will probably be a good fit if:
- You want to build your own startup.
- You have significant QA engineering experience..
- You can work independently and communicate clearly.
- You use AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or similar tools to enhance testing.
- You are eager to learn and improve your existing skills.
- You can contribute around 10–15 hours per week, even if there is little or no cash compensation at the beginning.
- You are open to a cooperative co-founder model where ownership depends on contribution.
- You are able to communicate with the team in English language (spoken and written).
**Compensation and Ownership**
Our current revenue is still small. This means there is little or no cash compensation at the beginning.
We operate as a cooperative of co-founders. Ownership is earned through contribution, and co-founders participate under the same general principles.
As revenue grows, we intend to increase the cash component for contributors.
More about our ownership model:
https://psychometrica.org/legal/dao
**Team**
We are based in Delaware, USA, with an international team from Germany, Brazil, Egypt, Slovenia, Canada, Pakistan, the United States, and other countries.
The team includes people working on psychology, product, design, development, marketing, and operations.
**How to Apply**
Please send us:
- A link to your GitHub, portfolio, or LinkedIn.
- A short description of your experience with software testing and QA tooling.
- The AI tools you use regularly.
- One technical testing problem or quality project you are proud of.
After you apply, we will send additional information about the startup so you can decide whether joining as a co-founder is the right fit for you.
Part-time to start, flexible hours
**Compensation:**
Co-founder equity / sweat equity, with little or no cash compensation at the beginning
**About Us**
We are a mental health startup with more than 8,000 users per month, an existing product, an international team, and a large library of psychometric tests and self-help content.
We already have traffic, users, content, a codebase, and a multidisciplinary team. We are not starting from zero. The challenge is turning an existing platform into something significantly better.
Our focus is to build an intelligent, scalable platform that uses AI to transform mental health support. By seamlessly combining data-driven psychometric insights with AI-guided peer-to-peer interactions, we empower users to build real, supportive connections and navigate meaningful mental wellness journeys together.
**The Opportunity**
We know that many good engineers already have demanding full-time jobs. We are not asking you to quit your job tomorrow.
We are looking for a senior QA engineer who can contribute part-time at the beginning and take ownership of important quality assurance and testing work.
As a co-founder, you would not only test our solution. You would help shape testing decisions, quality standards, product direction, and the long-term reliability of the platform.
This role is most relevant for someone who wants to build their own startup, but prefers joining an existing project with users, traction, and a team rather than starting completely from scratch.
**What You Would Work On**
- This role focuses on
**exploratory, functional, end-to-end user journey, and cross-browser testing**
,
- Turn product requirements into comprehensive test plans and test scenarios..
- Align test scenarios and test outcomes with the product management team.
- Perform manual and AI-assisted testing of the solution.
- Create understandable test results and communicate findings to the tech team.
- Define release readiness, acceptance criteria, and quality standards together with the product and tech leads.
- Help improve testing practices and QA processes as the team grows.
**Who This Fits**
This role will probably be a good fit if:
- You want to build your own startup.
- You have significant QA engineering experience..
- You can work independently and communicate clearly.
- You use AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or similar tools to enhance testing.
- You are eager to learn and improve your existing skills.
- You can contribute around 10–15 hours per week, even if there is little or no cash compensation at the beginning.
- You are open to a cooperative co-founder model where ownership depends on contribution.
- You are able to communicate with the team in English language (spoken and written).
**Compensation and Ownership**
Our current revenue is still small. This means there is little or no cash compensation at the beginning.
We operate as a cooperative of co-founders. Ownership is earned through contribution, and co-founders participate under the same general principles.
As revenue grows, we intend to increase the cash component for contributors.
More about our ownership model:
https://psychometrica.org/legal/dao
**Team**
We are based in Delaware, USA, with an international team from Germany, Brazil, Egypt, Slovenia, Canada, Pakistan, the United States, and other countries.
The team includes people working on psychology, product, design, development, marketing, and operations.
**How to Apply**
Please send us:
- A link to your GitHub, portfolio, or LinkedIn.
- A short description of your experience with software testing and QA tooling.
- The AI tools you use regularly.
- One technical testing problem or quality project you are proud of.
After you apply, we will send additional information about the startup so you can decide whether joining as a co-founder is the right fit for you.
