You've passed the assessment — congratulations. This guide walks you through every step to complete before your first assignment goes live. Most reviewers finish onboarding within a week.
Each step is sequential. You'll receive email confirmation when PulsePR has reviewed or approved each one.
Your onboarding email includes a DocuSign link for the Reviewer Agreement. Read it carefully before signing — it covers your confidentiality obligations, commission structure, and code of conduct. This is the foundation of the trust relationship with PulsePR and every Customer you'll work with.
Your profile is what PulsePR uses to match you to the right assignments. An accurate, detailed profile means better matches and more relevant work. Vague profiles get fewer assignments.
Before your first assignment, you'll complete PulsePR's review methodology training — a structured module covering how to write reviews that are genuinely useful to Customer engineering teams, not just technically correct.
Your calibration review is a practice assignment on a real (anonymized) PR that PulsePR has already reviewed internally. You complete it as if it were a live assignment, and then receive detailed feedback comparing your review to our internal benchmark.
This isn't a pass/fail gate — it's the single most useful feedback you'll get as a new reviewer. Most reviewers say it meaningfully changes how they approach their first several real assignments.
PulsePR pays monthly via bank transfer (ACH for US-based reviewers, SWIFT/SEPA for international). You'll need to complete payment setup before your first assignment goes live — we can't process payouts to unverified accounts.
When a Customer tags a PR with @pulsepr, PulsePR's matching system identifies the best-fit reviewer based on stack, domain, and current availability. You receive an email with the assignment details: the PR diff, the Customer's stack context, and the applicable SLA (standard 24-hour or priority 4-hour).
You have a short window to accept or decline. If you accept, the clock starts on the SLA. Submit your review through the PulsePR dashboard — we format and post it to GitHub. If you need to decline, do it immediately so we can reassign without missing the SLA.
Standard reviews: 24 hours from acceptance.
Priority reviews: 4 hours from acceptance.
Missing an accepted SLA without notifying PulsePR is a serious breach. If something unexpected comes up, contact us immediately — we'd rather reassign than have a Customer miss their window.
PulsePR's engineering team samples a portion of completed reviews every month and provides written feedback. This isn't a performance review — it's craft feedback. We want you to get better, because better reviewers earn more and receive higher-value assignments.
Update your weekly availability in the reviewer dashboard any time. More availability means more assignments. Priority reviews earn a premium. Reviewers who build a track record in high-demand stacks are prioritized for higher-value engagements over time.
Your signed agreement, including confidentiality obligations, commission structure, and code of conduct.
Read agreementQuestions about your onboarding, assignments, payments, or the platform. We respond within one business day.
reviewers@pulsepr.devHow PulsePR protects Customer data, reviewer access isolation, and what to do if you observe something suspicious.
Read policyHow your personal and professional information is stored, used, and protected within the PulsePR platform.
Read policyRefer a Staff+ engineer you'd vouch for. Referred applicants get expedited review, and you can note the referral in their application.
View applicationIf anything in this guide or the Reviewer Agreement is confusing, email us. We'd rather answer the question than have you proceed on a misunderstanding.
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