About the role
TL;DR
Write and shape conversation practice scenarios and feedback for a new app.
- •Quippy (YC F26) is a daily practice room for the conversations people dread.
- •You pick a real situation, like disagreeing with your manager or starting a conversation at a party, rehearse it with a realistic scene partner by voice or text, and get honest, line-by-line feedback on what landed.
- •The app is live on the App Store.
- •Every practice session in Quippy is a small scene: a situation, a partner with a personality, and feedback at the end.
- •You will write and shape those scenes, and decide what good feedback sounds like.
- •What you will work on Write practice scenarios drawn from real life, like asking for a raise or making a new friend Create scene partners with distinct voices who react like real people Shape the feedback so it is honest, specific, and easy to act on Test scenes with users and rewrite what does not land You might be a fit if You write dialogue that sounds like people actually talk You come from theater, improv, games, screenwriting, coaching, or teaching, or you have writing to show You notice the small moves that change how a conversation goes You like editing your own work as much as writing it Why join now A founding role with shares in the company You work directly with Jonathan, the founder What you build reaches real users within days A small team in San Francisco, backed by Y Combinator Full-time.
- •San Francisco preferred, remote work possible.
- •Competitive salary and stock in the company.
Required skills
PythonJavaScriptTypeScript
Nice-to-have skills
ReactNode.jsGitLinuxSlackNotionFigma
Benefits & perks
equity, remote work
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNode.jsGitLinuxSlackNotionFigma