Senior Software Quality Engineer

Remote. Posted 29 days ago

The role

You will own test strategy and build automation frameworks for backend services and UI. You will integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and participate in architectural design discussions.

What you will do

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated test frameworks.
Own and drive test strategy across services and features.
Work with engineering and product to shape features and advocate for testability.
Provide architectural input during design discussions.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Run exploratory testing to catch usability issues, edge cases, and regressions.
Manage multiple projects in a startup environment.

Required qualifications

7+ years in QA or software testing, including 2+ years at a senior or staff level.
Strong hands-on skills in at least one of Go, Python, or JavaScript.
Daily use of AI tools for reviewing PRs, design docs, writing test plans, and automating test cases.
Ownership mindset.
Ability to stay calm under ambiguity and juggle competing priorities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Deep understanding of CI/CD systems and experience integrating automated test suites into pipelines.
Working knowledge of Kubernetes environments and distributed systems, or a strong aptitude and willingness to learn quickly.
Excellent analytical and debugging ability for backend and infrastructure-related issues.

Nice to have

Experience testing in tenant cluster or Tenant Isolation environments.
Prior experience owning QA at a startup through a period of rapid product growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Health, dental, vision, and life Insurance, including plans for you and eligible dependents.
Flexible Working Schedule.
Workplace Flexibility.

About the company

vCluster Labs is a venture-backed startup providing an AI infrastructure platform. They are the company behind vCluster, an open source technology for tenant isolation on Kubernetes.