Your first QA hire. Without the hire.
Fractional QA lead — 19 years of expertise + a purpose-built AI agent.
What's in it.
- FirstQA on every PR + ticketGitHub + Linear, unlimited
- Owned automated test suiteCritical-path E2E in your CI, I maintain it
- Weekly regressionExploratory testing on the week's changelog + bug reports
- Me in your SlackAs a teammate. Ask anything — real advice, real work.
- Feature testing sprintsDeep pre-launch testing on new features
- Fix user-reported bugsReproduce, fix in your code, validate the fix
First automated test built on me — see what covered looks like before committing.
What 15 hours a week gets you.
A realistic week, per client. Bigger scope is agreed separately, upfront.
Every PR + ticket reviewed
FirstQA reviews every PR (GitHub) and ticket (Linear). Ship score, bugs, recipes — all in one comment.
Critical paths always covered
Auth, signup, checkout, main product loops — automated in CI, maintained as your app evolves.
Weekly regression
Real exploratory testing on the week's changelog. Bug reports with repro steps, screenshots, likely fix location.
Fix user-reported bugs
Forward a user complaint. I reproduce, fix it in your codebase, validate the fix. Your team stays focused on features instead of the easy stuff.
In your Slack, as a teammate
"Should I ship this?" "Can you check X?" Ask anything — real advice and real work back.
Questions? Custom scope?
Team's bigger than 11 people, weird tech stack, need something outside this package? Send a note — happy to figure out if it fits, or point you elsewhere if it doesn't.
Ready to stop testing everything yourself?
Send me a note or find me in Slack. First automated test built on me — you'll see what covered looks like before you commit.