QA Lead

JURNEEGO • CAREERS

QA Lead
Embedded QA • Contractor → Full-time • Owner of quality
Role

QA Lead — initially Contractor, transitioning to Full-time post-MVP

Location

Fully remote

Engagement

Phase 1 (MVP): Contractor. Phase 2 (post-MVP): Full-time, based on
performance during contract.

Seniority

Open — we hire on demonstrated ability, not years of experience

Reports to

Founder; collaborates daily with engineering

Hiring process

30-min intro call → short practical exercise (test plan + bug report on a live
build) → working session with the team → founder chat & offer

About JurneeGo
JurneeGo is building a child-safe AI learning product. We believe AI can be one of the most powerful
learning tools ever made for kids — but only if it is built with care, with strong safety as a default, and by
people who genuinely sweat the product details. We are early, well-supported, and moving fast.

The role
We are looking for a QA Lead who is embedded in the development lifecycle, not parked at the end of it
doing UAT. You will catch bugs the day a feature merges, work shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers, and
own the quality bar for the product as a whole. You start as a contractor during MVP and transition into a
full-time leadership role post-launch, where you will own automation, QA process, and eventually a small
team.
Why this role matters. Our users are children. A bug in a normal consumer app is annoying. A
bug in ours can break trust with a parent or, worse, surface something a child should never see.
We need someone who treats quality as a product feature, not a checklist — and who is
genuinely energized by being the safety net for a small, fast team.

Phase 1 — MVP (Contractor)
During MVP, your job is to keep the product shippable every day. You are the closest thing to a user that
the team has, and you should test like one.

Key responsibilities — Phase 1
Continuous QA (dev
integration)

JurneeGo • QA Lead — Job Description

Validate features immediately after they merge to the dev environment.
Test core flows continuously during development, not in a batch at the
end. Work closely with engineers while the change is still fresh in their
head.

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Key responsibilities — Phase 1
Manual QA

Run functional and regression testing across web and mobile flows.
Identify bugs and edge cases early — especially the ones a child or a
non-technical parent would actually hit. Verify fixes quickly so engineers
can keep moving.

Task & delivery support

Push back when a task is unclear or untestable before work starts. Track
bug lifecycle end to end (open → fix → retest → close). Coordinate
closely with engineers during sprints; participate in planning and
standups.

Release & UAT validation

Support UAT as the final validation step before any release. Ensure
stability and confirm that critical flows work end to end. Be the person who
can credibly say “yes, this is safe to ship.”

Phase 2 — Post-MVP (Full-time QA Lead)
Once we transition you full-time, the role grows beyond hands-on testing. You become the owner of how
quality works at JurneeGo.

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Automation-driven QA — design and build the automated test suite (API, end-to-end, regression).
Decide what to automate, what to keep manual, and what is not worth testing at all.
QA process ownership — define how bugs are tracked, how releases are gated, how UAT works,
and how the team measures quality over time.
QA leadership — as we grow, hire and mentor additional QA engineers. Set the bar and the culture
for the function.
Cross-functional voice — represent quality and the user experience in product and engineering
conversations, not just defect counts.

What we are looking for
Must-haves

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Solid QA experience on web and/or mobile applications shipped to real users.
Strong understanding of QA inside the development lifecycle — you know how to test alongside
engineers, not after them.
Comfort working closely with a small engineering team in a fast-paced, high-change environment.
Sharp eye for edge cases, broken UX, and bugs that automation will miss.
Strong written communication — clear bug reports, clear test plans, clear retrospectives.
Comfortable working remotely with a high degree of self-direction.

Good to have

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API testing experience (Postman, Insomnia, REST Client, or similar).
Familiarity with CI/CD workflows — running tests in pipelines, gating merges, basic environment
management.
Exposure to automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Detox, or Appium. We do not expect
you to be an SDET on day one — we expect you to grow into automation as the role evolves.
Experience writing or maintaining test plans for safety-sensitive or compliance-bound products.
Background in education, kids' products, or any consumer product with a high care-bar.

What we are not screening for

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A specific number of years of experience.
A pre-existing automation framework or a thousand-test portfolio. The MVP needs strong manual QA
first; automation comes after.

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ISTQB or other certifications. Useful, but not required.

Why this role is worth your time
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A real path from contractor to lead. We are not hiring a tester — we are hiring the future owner of
QA. Phase 1 is a paid trial run for both sides.
Embedded, not isolated. You sit inside the product team, with a real voice in what gets shipped and
when.
Real impact on kids. Education products that work change lives. Education products that go wrong
cause harm. Both directions are motivating.
Build the function from scratch. The tooling, the process, the bar — you set it. That is rare, and it is
the job.
Fully remote, async-friendly. We hire adults who manage their own time.

Hiring process
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Intro call (30 min) — we get to know each other and you ask us anything.
Practical exercise — we give you access to a recent build and ask for a short test plan, a prioritized
list of bugs you found, and clear write-ups for the top issues. Should take ~2–3 hours.
Working session (60–90 min) — we walk through your exercise together, talk through how you
would set up QA inside our current sprint cadence, and discuss the path to automation.
Founder conversation — talk about the company, the next 12 months, and whether the fit is mutual.
Offer — contractor engagement to start, with the full-time transition criteria written out clearly up front.

How to apply
Send a short email to aiden@jurneego.com with: a one-paragraph intro telling us why this role, a quick
description of a bug or quality issue you are proud of catching (and how you caught it), and any links or
attachments that show how you work — sample test plans, bug reports, or projects you have shipped
quality on. A CV is welcome but not required if your examples speak for themselves.
We read every application. We reply to every application.

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