Vetted Quality Assurance Professionals

“AI Product Manager who also operates as a product marketer/CRM lifecycle lead, focused on behavior-driven onboarding and retention. Has delivered measurable growth through segmentation, multi-channel lifecycle programs, and experimentation (e.g., activation +23%, TTFV -30%, retention +14%), and led a cross-functional chatbot integration that improved course completion (+23%) while reducing refunds (-15%).”

“CTO/enterprise architect who stays hands-on in code while leading strategy, stakeholder alignment, and team scaling. At Eastridge, established product and technology vision/roadmap, built product engineering/strategy functions, and helped launch products into global markets; most recently led GenAI product design including tech selection, infrastructure, scalability, and observability.”

“Fractional CFO/operations advisor specializing in early-stage and scaling service businesses, combining Profit First-informed cash management with lean operating systems. Known for 360-degree operational audits and translating complex finance/ops into simple dashboards, scorecards, and process maps; delivered predictable cash flow and scalable structure within ~90 days for a fast-growing startup.”

“Candidate is not currently pursuing a startup or business plan and is not looking to found a company at this time, expressing a preference for joining an existing organization. They have limited familiarity with the VC/accelerator landscape but are specifically interested in learning how companies are evaluated and how investment decisions are made.”

João Arruda

Screened

Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in Vue.js, testing strategy, and scalable architecture

Remote, EU15y exp

“Frontend engineer/lead focused on scalable architecture and reusable UI platforms: built a schema-driven, IoC-based unified filtering system across an app with feature-flagged rollout and strong TypeScript/testing discipline. Also created a standalone React NPS survey package that works across microfrontends (handling peer dependency/version issues) and implemented accessibility improvements for complex interactions like drag-and-drop while leading an Atomic Design → Feature-Sliced Design migration.”

“CTO candidate with experience in multiple VC-backed startups, emphasizing timing and disciplined scaling of engineering orgs (people, product, process). Evaluates technology choices through a customer-value lens and proactively flags business/tech misalignment, with a pragmatic approach to venture viability using TAM, competitive landscape, and leading indicators.”

“Product designer with hands-on front-end implementation experience who has owned complex flows end-to-end at Wix and Intuit, including a live keynote demo for Wix’s first developer conference and a tournament-based inner-source readiness program across global AI/data teams. Particularly strong at turning ambiguous briefs into structured experiences, using design systems rigor, interaction design, and implementation fluency to ship polished, understandable products.”

“Programmatic media specialist who owned a $50K+/month Trade Desk DSP account for Disney movie/TV launches, leveraging PMPs and rigorous testing across audiences, deals, and creative formats. Drove 5–10% week-over-week gains in video completion rate while maintaining strict brand-safety standards, and has experience leading a team of traders and translating complex performance tradeoffs into client-ready action plans.”

“Early-career technologist with internship experience deploying and fixing production/demo service configurations despite poor documentation, using step-through debugging and prior demo references to restore progress quickly. Also has hands-on IT technician experience diagnosing hardware failures (hard drive damage), recovering files, and replacing drives, plus QA test development in Python for customer-reported bugs and a strong focus on networking (monitoring, IP activity analysis).”

“Backend engineer with strong AWS/CI/CD experience (multi-repo deployments, Lambda + core app, immutable ECR and image promotion) and a published master’s thesis building an ML framework for Solar PV energy prediction and CO2 reduction impact modeling using ensemble and meta-learning approaches benchmarked against SAM.”

Fitz Harris

Screened

Senior Sound Designer/Audio Editor specializing in podcast and film post-production

Los Angeles, CA8y exp

“Audio editor/mixer and music editor working on the Something Scary podcast’s weekly ~30-minute suspense/true-crime horror video component, where they shape tension and narrative beats through precise music editing, dialogue pacing, and strategic use of silence. Pro Tools–centric, template-driven workflow with automation, subtractive EQ, bussing, and loudness targeting to deliver consistent mixes at high volume and iterate quickly based on producer notes and audience retention.”

Akshaya Chiduruppa

Screened

Mid-level Quality Assurance Engineer specializing in AI/ML and Apple ecosystem testing

Seattle, WA4y exp

“QA automation engineer with end-to-end ownership of a regression suite for a warehouse loan management platform (.NET/Angular), using Selenium (Java/Cucumber/POM) and Cypress. Improved suite stability and expanded risk-based coverage (DB/API/SQL, RBAC approval workflows), catching critical financial defects like EMI calculation errors and cutting regression effort by ~50% while gating releases via GitLab CI/CD with actionable Slack reporting.”

“Senior engineering leader with deep hands-on experience scaling and stabilizing complex SaaS platforms, including leading the OneLogin identity platform and managing globally distributed teams of up to 105 people. Particularly strong in reliability engineering, infrastructure modernization, and cross-functional execution, with a track record spanning platform unification, enterprise product delivery, and tailored Agile transformations.”

“Localization QA tester with 4 years of experience testing Xbox AAA titles (including Dead Rising 3, Forza Motorsport, and Halo 5), focused on Spanish localization accuracy and UI/HUD issues. Experienced logging bugs in Jira, tracking them through regression in subsequent builds, and supporting testing through gold certification.”

Frank Meadows

Screened

Senior QA Analyst specializing in streaming video, Connected TV, and data annotation

Remote10y exp

“QA professional with experience across e-commerce and video streaming/gaming-style applications, including migrating/duplicating features with feature flags and managing regression across builds. Emphasizes device/hardware constraints, strong defect evidence collection (ADB/logs/video), and proactive test-data governance to avoid real-world vendor/production impact while coordinating with offshore/onshore teams.”

“Analytics-focused candidate with strong SQL, Excel, Python, and Tableau skills who supports payroll-, compensation-, and finance-adjacent processes through rigorous data validation and reconciliation. Stands out for uncovering a duplicate-record mapping issue that exposed roughly $250K in revenue leakage and for building repeatable controls, dashboards, and automated checks to improve reporting accuracy.”

Francois Odienne

Screened

Director of Engineering specializing in SaaS platforms, AI-first product development, and telecom

Moorpark, CA28y exp

“Technology leader with venture-backed company experience at LogicMonitor, where they aligned engineering strategy with business growth and long-term platform scalability. Demonstrates strong familiarity with the VC/studio/accelerator ecosystem and a thoughtful founder mindset centered on validating real problems, innovative solutions, and execution capacity.”

“Data engineer with a Master's in Data Science who has owned 30+ customer-facing K-12 SIS migrations end-to-end, building ETL, validation, and SOP-driven deployment processes in a PII-sensitive environment. Also brings recent hands-on agentic AI experience from a biotech capstone, where they led a production-oriented NLP-to-SQL + RAG support system that handled about 30% of support queries in testing.”

“Product-minded full-stack engineer with experience shipping engagement features and core communication systems at DribbleUp and Expys. Stands out for combining rapid MVP execution with rigorous iteration: delivered a leaderboard feature that lifted engagement by 8% initially and 20% overall, built a chat MVP in 3 days, and has hands-on experience deploying LangChain-based concierge agents with evals and human review.”

“Senior product leader with experience across Times Internet, Mudah.my, Wells Fargo, and delivery/logistics products, spanning SaaS, marketplace, fintech, and AI-enabled platforms. Stands out for building products end-to-end with strong commercial outcomes, including a multi-channel engagement platform that became a new SaaS revenue stream and AI features that improved marketplace liquidity while keeping humans in control.”

“Operations leader managing a Northeastern US/Canada region with day-to-day responsibility for 17 facilities while also running multiple country-wide programs (goal/KPI and performance review for 130+ ops leaders, cleanliness across 90+ sites, and cost reduction). Previously led a PMO org reporting to a VP of Engineering and implemented a quarterly prioritization/resource allocation system across 200+ projects for a 500+ engineer organization.”

“Customer Success Manager with enterprise experience managing the Walgreens contract at EarnIn end-to-end, coordinating executives/legal/HR/marketing and technical teams through benefits-platform integration, adoption, and renewal. Delivered 85% annual retention (despite store closures) and maintained a positive NPS, supported by usage monitoring, benchmarking, and monthly executive reporting. Also drove expansion at Unison by rolling out new insurance products to homeowners using savings/ROI-based positioning.”

“CTO candidate with experience supporting startups targeting Series A/Series B funding and a strong grasp of how funding choices affect ownership. Emphasizes building clean-slate architecture and organizations, and uses market/UX research plus AI-enabled rapid prototyping and architectural trade-off analysis to validate ideas quickly.”

“Part-time founder building a bootstrapped IT startup in the R&D phase, running multiple product iterations and cost/benefit analyses to validate uniqueness and monetization potential. Has prior experience working for venture capital firms and is familiar with how accelerators operate, with a strong focus on finding investors who can be true thought partners for rapid pivots.”