QA Manager

As a QA Manager at vCluster Labs, you aren't just tracking bugs; you are engineering reliability for the world’s leading Kubernetes multi-tenancy platform. In this role, you will act as a "Player-Coach" for a growing team, driving the strategic shift from manual testing to a sophisticated, automated ecosystem. You will have the unique opportunity to shape our quality culture, balancing deep technical oversight with the disciplined execution required to scale our engineering velocity.

As a QA Manager, your role will include:

• Automation Strategy: Lead the evolution of our testing strategy, shifting the balance from 80% manual to a highly automated, DevOps-integrated workflow. You will ensure our frameworks are scalable and resilient.

• Technical Leadership: Act as the technical authority for QA, diving deep into Go and Kubernetes to unblock complex problems.

• AI Augmentation: Champion the integration of AI-driven testing tools and LLMs to accelerate test case generation, automate root-cause analysis of complex K8s logs, and optimize our regression suites.

• Team Development: Manage and mentor a team of QA Engineers and SDETs. You will act as a "Supportive Elevator," prioritizing value over tasks and fostering an environment of fearless innovation where engineers are encouraged to build better solutions.

• Release Excellence: Own the operational rhythm of our releases. You will partner with Engineering and Product to balance the reduction of technical debt with the speed required to deliver intuitive experiences for our customers.

• Team Building: You will partner with the People Team to attract and identify world-class engineers who meet our rigorous technical bar.

This role could be a fit for you if you bring:

• Experience: You have 5+ years of testing experience with a strong focus on backend/API testing and DevOps workflows.

• Kubernetes Proficiency: You possess deep expertise in Kubernetes and understand how to test complex distributed systems—you don't just deploy to K8s; you understand how it works.

• Management Experience: You have experience leading high-performing teams and know how to manage engineers who function autonomously.

• Technical Fluency: You are comfortable reading and debugging code (preferably Go) and viewing feedback as an upgrade path.

• Startup Grit: You thrive in fast-paced environments where you function autonomously to build something great, rejecting legacy tech in favor of modern solutions.

Bonus points for:

• Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKAD.

• Programming: Proficiency in Go is a significant plus.

• Cloud Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

Open Source Roots: A history of engaging with the community or contributing to open-source projects.

We are a venture-backed tech startup striving to be the leading force in enabling platform engineers. We raised +$30M from top-tier VCs such as Khosla Ventures (first investor in OpenAI, GitLab, Stripe, Doordash) and are in a hyper-growth phase looking for motivated people to complement our team. Our headquarters are in San Francisco (Salesforce Tower), but our team is distributed around the globe and we have a remote-first work culture.

We're the company behind vCluster, an open-source technology for virtualizing Kubernetes (+10k GitHub stars). Open source is part of our DNA.

The adoption of our commercial product based on vCluster has grown extremely fast (multi-million dollar revenue) and our customer base includes some of the biggest companies in the world, including 6 Global Fortune 500 companies as well as some of the fastest-growing tech unicorns.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits:

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive compensation package, including equity.

• Platinum-Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life Insurance, including plans for you and eligible dependents (benefits vary depending on country).

• Flexible Working Schedule:  You have a doctor’s appointment or need to head to the supermarket to get groceries at 2pm? We won’t have an issue with that. To us, results matter more than clocking in and out at the same time every day.

• Workplace Flexibility:  We’re very flexible about where you work. We know things can change in life and we’re happy to adjust the work environment for you along the way.

At vCluster Labs, we value and stand for:

1. Open Source, Open Mind: We are actively contributing to and maintaining open-source projects. Internally, we foster meritocracy — the strongest ideas win, no matter who or where they come from.

2. Build Tomorrow’s Standards, Intentionally: We don't just ship software; we define the state-of-the-art of tomorrow. We are fearless in tearing down old approaches to build something better, but we are disciplined in how we do it because we know our users rely on our technology to run mission-critical infrastructure platforms.

3. Create Wow: We measure success by the experience we generate, both inside and outside the company. For our customers, this means impressive speed and intuitive experiences. For our team, this means going the extra mile to support one another and to continuously drive each other to new heights.

4. Own the Outcome: We understand that our responsibility doesn't end when a task is checked off; it ends when the value is delivered. We connect our daily individual actions to the broader success of the company and our customers.