Contributor Growth Path

The more you contribute, the more you unlock. Each level opens higher-tier bounties — which means more responsibility and higher rewards.

GoodDollar has three contribution tracks. You can enter more than one, but never hold two roles on the same bounty.

The Tracks at a Glance

Track	Entry	Approval needed?
Contributor	Open to anyone	No
Reviewer	Application + prior work	Yes
QA	Open to anyone	No

Contributor and Reviewer must always be different people on the same bounty. A person can hold both Reviewer and QA roles, but not on the same bounty.

Contributor Track

Contributor — Pick up a bounty, fix the AI's code, hand it off to a Reviewer. No approval needed.

Senior Contributor — Earned after 5 accepted contributions with a low rework rate and consistency over time. Not volume — quality.

What this unlocks: priority access to Mythic and Legendary bounties before they open to the general pool.

PS: Senior Contributors get priority access to Mythic and Legendary bounties — these are surfaced to them first before opening to the general pool. This is how we reward consistency and quality over time without creating a purely financial incentive system.

The exact mechanism for how priority is surfaced will be communicated in the goodbuilders channel when a high-tier bounty opens.

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Reviewer Track

Reviewer — Application-based. Share previous review work and availability in the goodbuilders Telegram. Prior experience from any codebase counts.

Senior Reviewer — Earned after 3 accepted reviews with consistent quality. Unlocks all tiers and a vote on contributor pool decisions.

Maintainer — Internal nomination only. No application. Earned through exceptional work over time.

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QA Track

QA Contributor — Open to all. Pick up a QA bounty, test the changes, submit a structured report.

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Cross-Track Rules

• Reviewer and QA can be held by the same person, but not on the same bounty

• There is no required path between tracks

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Ready to Start?

→ See the Contibutor Role to learn the basics of contributing to Gooddollar

→ Browse open bounties on the Bounties Board

→ See the Reviewer Role to understand what a good review looks like

→ See the QA Role to understand what a good QA report looks like