PASSRIDGE FLEX · 16 LIVE TASKS · RATE SHOWN BEFORE YOU APPLY

Side income. Real QA work. 3–4 hours a day.

Take scoped testing tasks from companies next to your day job. Seven task types, one to eight weeks each, paid $15–110 an hour or per project. You choose the hours inside the window. We pay every Friday.

Join the Flex pool See 16 live tasks

Free to join. Check your employment contract for moonlighting clauses first. We never ask for your employer's confidential information.

A typical Flex weekPaid Friday

7task types

3–4ha day, not more

$15–110per hour, by task type

Friweekly payout day

How it works

From sign-up to first payout in four steps.

Most people have their first task window about a week after applying.

Full process

Apply and get vetted

A 30-45 minute skills test for your task type, an identity check and a conflict check. Free, with written feedback.

Get matched

A coordinator matches you by role, rate, time zone and NDA. You accept or decline. No pitching.

Work a window

3–4 hours a day for one to eight weeks, on your own equipment, at the hours you choose inside the window.

Get paid

Hourly from a weekly timesheet, or per project in milestones. Approved hours are paid every Friday.

Task types

Seven kinds of work. Pay shown for each.

What we do, how many hours it takes and what it pays per hour before you apply.

All task briefs

Test cycles & exploratory

Exploratory pass on a booking flow before a promo launch.

$22–45 / h3-4 h/day

1-3 weeks3 live

Automation scripts

Port 60 Selenium checks to Playwright with CI reporting.

$40–80 / h3-4 h/day

2-6 weeks3 live

Localization QA

Linguistic QA of a fintech app in German and Polish.

$18–36 / h3-4 h/day

1-2 weeks2 live

AI evaluation

Rate 1,500 assistant answers against a safety rubric.

$25–70 / h3-4 h/day

2-8 weeks2 live

Accessibility audits

WCAG 2.2 AA audit of a checkout with screen readers.

$35–75 / h3-4 h/day

1-3 weeks2 live

Mobile & game playtests

Soft-launch regression on three Android device tiers.

$15–32 / h3-4 h/day

1-2 weeks2 live

Security tests

Authenticated web-app test against the OWASP ASVS L2 checklist.

$55–110 / h3-4 h/day

1-3 weeks2 live

Not sure which fits?

Pick your role on the form. We suggest task types after the skills test.

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Rates

What the market pays, and what we add.

Reference rates are annual median pay ÷ 2,080 hours × 1.25 contractor premium, from our pay model. Flex tasks are priced by task type, shown beside them.

All roles and currencies

Market reference rate per hour in US dollars, by role and level
Role	Junior	Mid	Senior	Lead
Manual QA Tester	$38	$49	$61	$72
QA Automation Engineer	$56	$73	$93	$111
SDET	$60	$79	$100	$120
Mobile QA Engineer	$47	$64	$83	$101
Performance Test Engineer	$67	$88	$117	$140
Security / Penetration Tester	$84	$109	$139	$168
Game QA Tester	$32	$40	$52	$67
Accessibility Tester	$44	$59	$75	$93

Reference rates are what a contractor in that role typically bills on a long, open-ended engagement. Flex tasks are short and pre-scoped, so bands sit lower for the same skill. See the comparison.

Who it is for

People who already know how to test software.

You need real testing experience and a few spare hours. You do not need to quit anything.

Employed QA

You have a day job and want a second income without a second career. Evening and weekend windows fit around work hours. Check your contract first.

Students

Build a real portfolio while you study. Game playtests, localization and test cycles take strong beginners with a portfolio. You must be 18 or over.

Freelancers

Fill gaps between contracts with pre-scoped work. No pitching, no invoicing chase: we pay every Friday.

Parents and carers

Choose tasks with no fixed overlap and work in the hours that suit your household. Daily hours are 3-4, never more.

Relocating or between jobs

Keep your skills current and your income steady while you move, or while you look for the next permanent role.

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Role, level, time zone and hours. CV optional.

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Next to your job

Can I do this next to my job?

Often yes, but check first. Your contract decides, not us. Many employers allow side work outside working hours. Some forbid it or require consent.

Read the clauses on outside activities, exclusivity and IP assignment. In Germany and some other EU countries you may need to notify your employer. This is not legal advice.

Moonlighting FAQ

Before you start

Read your contract for outside-work, exclusivity and IP clauses.
Ask your employer if the contract requires consent.
Use your own laptop and accounts, outside working hours.

What we do

Run a conflict check on every task. No tasks for your employer or its competitors.
Cap Flex at 20 hours a week.
Sign you to a master NDA, plus a task NDA where marked.

What we never do

Ask for your employer's confidential information.
Contact your employer, or hide your activity from it.
Charge you a fee, ever.

Trust and payment

Paid on time. Clear about what you are.

The rules are published here, not in a contract you see after you commit.

FridayApproved hours paid weekly

5 daysThen we pay undisputed hours anyway

0%Commission taken from your rate

20 hWeekly cap, so it stays side income

Independent contractor

You are not an employee. You choose hours inside the window, use your own equipment and may decline any task. You handle your own tax. Contractor terms.

USD, GBP or EUR

Bank transfer by ACH, Faster Payments, SEPA or SWIFT. We pay the transfer fee. No minimum payout.

A human to talk to

Every task has a Flex coordinator. Payment questions get a reply within one working day at [email protected].

Live tasks

16 tasks open for November and December.

42 spots across all tasks. Dates, hours, overlap and pay are shown on every card.

All 16 tasks

Test cycles & exploratory 3 of 6 spots left

Pre-launch exploratory testing: checkout and subscriptions

Series B payments company · Manual QA Tester

Charter-based exploratory sessions on a new subscription checkout before a pricing launch. You get session charters each morning and file reproducible bugs in the client's Jira.

Window: 2–13 Nov 2026
Hours: 4 h / day · 2 weeks
Overlap: 3 h overlap with 14:00-18:00 UTC
Confidentiality: NDA required

$28–36 per hour

≈ £22–28 · €26–33 per hour

Typical earnings: $1,120–1,440 · about 40 h in the window

Exploratory testingBug reportingWeb checkoutJira

Deliverable: Daily session notes and a severity-ranked bug list.Apply

Automation scripts Last spot

Port 60 Selenium checks to Playwright with CI reporting

Series C logistics software company · QA Automation Engineer

Migrate 60 Selenium checks to Playwright, keep the page-object structure and wire up HTML and JUnit reporting in CI. Pull requests reviewed by the client's SDET.

Window: 2 Nov - 11 Dec 2026
Hours: 4 h / day · 6 weeks
Overlap: 2 h overlap with 13:00-17:00 UTC
Confidentiality: Standard terms

$55–70 per hour

≈ £43–55 · €51–64 per hour

Typical earnings: $6,600–8,400 · about 120 h in the window

PlaywrightTypeScriptSeleniumGitHub Actions

Deliverable: Merged pull requests and a green nightly pipeline.Apply

AI evaluation 7 of 12 spots left

Rate 1,500 assistant answers against a safety rubric

AI assistant start-up · AI / LLM Evaluation QA

Rate answers on accuracy, tone and policy compliance, flag unsafe outputs and write a one-line reason for every score below 4.

Window: 2–25 Nov 2026
Hours: 3 h / day · 4 weeks
Overlap: No fixed overlap, weekly check-in
Confidentiality: NDA required

$1,650 fixed project price, ≈55 h

≈ £1,304 · €1,518 · about $30 per hour

Typical earnings: $1,650 · paid in milestones

Rubric-based ratingAttention to detailEnglish (C1+)Spreadsheet or labeling tools

Deliverable: Completed rating batches with a calibration score above 85%.Apply

Mobile & game playtests 5 of 8 spots left

Soft-launch regression on three Android device tiers

Casual mobile games studio · Game QA Tester

Play through the first 30 levels and the shop on low, mid and high tier devices. Log crashes, soft-locks, purchase bugs and frame drops.

Window: 2–13 Nov 2026
Hours: 4 h / day · 2 weeks
Overlap: No fixed overlap, daily hand-off note
Confidentiality: NDA required

$18–24 per hour

≈ £14–19 · €17–22 per hour

Typical earnings: $720–960 · about 40 h in the window

Mobile gamesDevice tiersBug reportingPerformance basics

Deliverable: Daily build report with video evidence for each defect.Apply

Localization QA 2 of 4 spots left

Linguistic QA of a fintech app in German and Polish

Consumer fintech app · Localization QA Tester

Review 3,800 strings in context on staging builds. Check terminology, truncation, date and currency formats and legal copy.

Window: 3–13 Nov 2026
Hours: 3 h / day · 2 weeks
Overlap: 1 h overlap with 09:00-17:00 CET
Confidentiality: Standard terms

$22–30 per hour

≈ £17–24 · €20–28 per hour

Typical earnings: $594–810 · about 27 h in the window

German or Polish (native)Linguistic QAPseudo-localizationCrowdin

Deliverable: Annotated string review and screenshots of every UI defect.Apply

Test cycles & exploratory 2 of 4 spots left

Release-candidate regression: iOS and Android shopping app

European grocery marketplace · Mobile QA Engineer

Run a 240-case regression suite on two release candidates, on your own device or a lab device. Cases are written; you execute, log and retest fixes.

Window: 9–20 Nov 2026
Hours: 3 h / day · 2 weeks
Overlap: 2 h overlap with 12:00-16:00 UTC
Confidentiality: Standard terms

$30–40 per hour

≈ £24–32 · €28–37 per hour

Typical earnings: $900–1,200 · about 30 h in the window

Mobile regressionTestRailDevice testingCharles Proxy

Deliverable: Executed TestRail run with evidence for every failure.Apply

Client descriptions are anonymised summaries written by PassRidge. A client is marked verified only once it has agreed in writing to be referenced.

For companies

Need QA capacity for 3 weeks? Get Flex testers in 48h.

Vetted testers on 3–4 hour-a-day windows, billed on approved timesheets. You pay the published hourly rate plus a 30% fee, with a 20 hour minimum order.

Request Flex testers How it works for companies

Example order

$7,612–15,2255 testers · 3.5 h/day · 3 weeks · test cycles

262.5 hours at the client rate for test cycles, fee included.

FAQ

Questions people ask first.

All 37 answers

What is PassRidge Flex?

Flex is a pool of vetted QA professionals who take short, scoped tasks from companies. Tasks run 3-4 hours a day for one to eight weeks, remote, and are paid hourly or per project. There are seven task types, from exploratory test cycles to security tests. You pick the tasks. PassRidge handles the client, the paperwork and the payment.

How much can I earn?

Published pay bands run from $15 to $110 per hour depending on the task type, and every task shows its own rate before you apply. A two-week test-cycle task at 4 hours a day is 40 hours: at $30 an hour that is $1,200 before your own taxes. Senior automation, accessibility and security tasks pay more.

Can I do Flex next to my full-time job?

Often yes, but not always, and the check is yours to make. Read your employment contract for clauses on outside work, exclusivity and IP assignment. If it allows side work, tasks that run outside your working hours fit well: most windows are 3-4 hours and many are evenings in Europe. If it forbids it, ask your employer or skip Flex.

Is moonlighting legal where I live?

It depends on your country and your contract. In most US states an employer can restrict outside work only through a contract. In the UK it is a matter of your contract and the duty of fidelity. In Germany and several EU countries you may need to notify your employer or get consent. The EU Working Time Directive caps the average week at 48 hours, and our 20-hour weekly Flex cap is set with that in mind. This is not legal advice.

How are Flex tasks paid?

Either hourly, from a weekly timesheet, or as a fixed project price split into milestones. The card for each task shows which. You log hours by day, submit by Monday 12:00 UTC, the client approves, and we pay on Friday of that week.

What if the client is slow to approve?

Approved hours are paid on Friday whatever the client's own payment terms are. If the client has not approved within five working days, we pay the undisputed hours anyway and take it up with the client. If part of a timesheet is disputed, you are paid for the rest on time.

Do you withhold tax?

No. You are an independent contractor, so you report your income and pay income tax and social contributions yourself. We collect a W-9 or W-8BEN, or a tax-residency self-certification, at onboarding, and issue tax forms such as a 1099-NEC where the law requires. This is not tax advice: talk to an accountant in your country.

Am I an employee of PassRidge or of the client?

Neither. You work as an independent contractor on a defined task. You choose when to work inside the window, you use your own equipment, you can decline any task, and you may work for others. The client sets what must be delivered, not how you do it. The terms are in our contractor terms.

What tools do I need?

A Windows, macOS or Linux laptop, stable broadband and a headset. The client gives you accounts for Jira, TestRail or similar tools. Mobile tasks list the devices needed, and some clients provide device-lab access. Accessibility tasks need NVDA or VoiceOver, which are free. Some NDA tasks require a client VPN or virtual desktop.

Which time zones work?

Every task states its overlap. Most need two or three hours of overlap with a client core window such as 14:00-18:00 UTC, and the rest of your hours are yours to place. Evenings in Europe and mornings in the Americas fit best. AI evaluation and some playtests need no fixed overlap.